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If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen. — Lyndon B. Johnson

If he had lost Walter Cronkite he had lost Mr. Average Citizen.

Lyndon B. Johnson
1968
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Vietnam WarMediaAmerican politics
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1968
Person
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Johnson, Lyndon B. Quoted in The Powers That Be, by David Halberstam. University of Illinois Press, 2000, pt. 3.
Original citation
Johnson, Lyndon B. Comment to his press secretary George Christian. 27 Feb. 1968, Washington, DC, USA.

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