Walter Cronkite Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the "CBS Evening News" for 19 years (1962–1981). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. He reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombings in World War II; the Nuremberg trials; combat in the Vietnam War; the Dawson's Field hijackings; Watergate; the Iran Hostage Crisis; and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy,
The Most Hated Family in America charm to find the humanity beneath the rhetoric, but ultimately fails. It is difficult to reason with people who think that holding up a placard proclaiming 'Jews worship the rectum' is 'a courteous and loving' thing to do." The film was highlighted in the "Liverpool Echo" as "Sunday's: Pick of the day". Peter Grant of the "Liverpool Echo" commented, "Louis Theroux took a trip to Kansas for his documentary, "The Most Hated Family in America". His profile of Westboro Baptist Church, the home of America's most fanatical Christian fundamentalists, was astonishing." Karl French of "Financial Times" selected the film as