It may be worth reading "The Chief", a bio of William Randolph Hearst then. Follow that with outright political slander in newspapers in the 19th Century.
Even Walter Cronkite might oughta not said what he did w.r.t. Vietnam. More time to pull out would have saved lives, and many, many people have felt very badly about that. That one is complicated.
No doubt that the sheer quantity of "news" has dragged more muck off the bottom of the barrel, but the good old days weren't so good.
Even Walter Cronkite might oughta not said what he did w.r.t. Vietnam. More time to pull out would have saved lives, and many, many people have felt very badly about that. That one is complicated.
No doubt that the sheer quantity of "news" has dragged more muck off the bottom of the barrel, but the good old days weren't so good.