It was really good during Cronkite and pretty much died with "Fake but accurate," from Dan Rather, who was ironically Cronkite's successor. Back then, they trie

It was really good during Cronkite and pretty much died with "Fake but accurate," from Dan Rather, who was ironically Cronkite's successor. Back then, they tried really hard, but today, they just don't have the integrity to do that anymore. I'm not sure if it's due to personnel/editor issues (i.e. journalistic activism), or the nature of the declining business model dictates they have to pander to their audiences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Cronkite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy Here's a Cronkite interview from 1983, the last section is particularly enlightening (5:38). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6LVCd6mFHE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6LVCd6mFHE