But according to Brinkley, Cronkite and his producing team at CBS faked some of the footage. They shot the interview, then reshot some of the anchor’s questions and spliced in the footage to alter the meaning of different moments. For example, Brinkley writes, when LBJ was discussing the Vietnam War—which the public had soured on—Cronkite and company inserted a fake cutaway shot of the great anchor raising a skeptical eyebrow. I have to say, this is definitely a lose-your-job and never-work-again level offense.
