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Television coverage of the events of 1968 presented a nation in turmoil. The bad news included the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, race riots, casualties in Vietnam, anti-war protests and chaos at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The TV networks were attacked for being biased against the government. Vice President Spiro Agnew later accused them of presenting "a narrow and distorted picture of America." CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite (right) called the attack "an implied threat to freedom of speech in this country." |