During some of America's most historic events, there was always one person people listened to every day to hear the news. Because of his modesty and dedication to conveying information, Walter Cronkite was dubbed "the most trusted man in America" ​​in a poll conducted by Oliver Quayle in 1972. After defeating the president, the vice president , the United States Senate and House of Representatives, and every other reporter, during one of America's most troubling times, Americans believed he would "not knowingly deceive them" . (PBS) Walter Cronkite helped solidify Americans' trust in the news. During World War II, Cronkite signed on as a war correspondent and covered the air war against Germany from England as well as the Allied invasion of North Africa "from the deck of a ship bombarding the Moroccan coast. (PBS) When he returned home, Paramount put him in a newsreel where he reported on the North African campaign. He continued to cover historical events such as the Battle of the Bulge and even the Nuremberg Trials. While covering the Cold War in Moscow, Ed Murrow offered him a job in television at CBS, where he would continue...