Walter Cronkite...hero or something "other"?

Uncle Walt was considered the most trusted news caster in America in the mid 60's. Up until the TET Offensive he support the war in Vietnam. Uncle Walt was surprised by the TET Offensive, the US Military suspected it was coming and were repositioning troops before it happened. When Cronkite went to Vietnam to see for himself he reached the conclusion that the Vietnam War could not be won. He thought the Viet Cong won the battle of TET. In truth the Viet Cong was pretty much wiped out during the offensive. After TET the North Vietnamese Army took over the war on behalf of the Communists. When Uncle Walt turned against the war he put his stamp of approval on the anti-war movement. His misinterpretation of the real outcome of the TET offensive all but guaranteed that the United State, and--more tragically--the people of Southeast Asia would be condemned to the horror of Communist rule. As far as I am concerned Walter Cronkite is the man who lost the war.