Walter Cronkite began his career in journalism at the Houston Post in 1936. He slowly moved his way to the top during World War II to become one of America's most trusted news broadcasters. "Americans found Cronkite's assessment of the war more believable than anything the President of the United States might say"(Ritchie 268). On April 16, 1962 Cronkite started hosting the "Evening News" for CBS. After retirement, in 1981, Walter Cronkite received the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter in 1981. In 1984 Arizona State University named its communications school after him. Cronkite achieved many things throughout his career but he is not the only person in broadcasting with many great accomplishments.

Walter Cronkite and Lesley Stahl were both part of the CBS news team. Although they worked together they were very different in their styles of reporting and other aspects. Before Cronkite

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