America’s Most Trusted Man
Cronkite joined CBS News in 1950. At this point, he wasn’t yet popular. In 2 years he became the narrator for the TV program called You Are There and served as the anchor for the CBS coverage of the Democratic and Republican, which he continued till he retired. His face became a popular one on TV in 1954 when he became the narrator of The Twentieth Century , a TV documentary on recent history.
President Gerald Ford on CBS Evening News with anchorman Walter Cronkite during the GOP Convention, Detroit, Michigan, July 1980. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
In 1962, Cronkite was given the role of anchor and editor of the CBS Evening News. From that moment, the program became one of the most watched TV news broadcast. His ability to explain complex events to the average viewer earned him the name America’s most trusted man in an independent opinion poll in 1972.