Where do you think the current bunch of partisan hacks on the news learned how to shape the news to their agenda? The only difference between the current batch and Cronkite and his ilk is the prevalence of alternative news sources to expose the lies now days.
I don't know if you're old enough to have watched the mentioned broadcasters on the air at the time. If you are, then I wonder whether your memory is intact. If not, then it's obvious you are generalizing with no relevant basis.
. I am old enough and that was the same generation of reporters that, for example, covered up the Kennedys's affairs.
Someone made this point on another forum I visit. What happens if there is an actual crisis in this country? Who can we trust to get us the information we need? We may not have enough time to visit a dozen websites to see if the North Koreans really are lobbing nukes at us.
I believe that was an old idea called "discretion". It often accompanied another old idea called "respect for the office."
I know,. I know,. old and broken. But did you really need to know about Bill and Monica? I could've gone the rest of my life without hearing about that stuff.
Television news hasn't been worth a damn since Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley.
When the farmers out west see the missiles leave their silos, hope they get on twitter and report it?
I am old enough and that was the same generation of reporters that, for example, covered up the Kennedys's affairs.
When the farmers out west see the missiles leave their silos, hope they get on twitter and report it?