Right up until the traitor Cronkite declared the war in Vietnam lost following Tet when in fact Tet had been a resounding victory for the US and RSV.
There was some restoration that followed particularly during the eighties into the early nineties but Brokaw and Jennings forever cemented that we could no longer trust broadcast news. Brokaw for the phony “Bush was Awol” story in an attempt to throw the election to Gore, and Jennings when he declared that Bush was a coward in hiding on 9-11 because he followed protocol and went mobile for about 18 hours in AF-1 until we were sure who hit us and that there wasn’t going to be an attack on the WH. Remember, Flight 93 was actually supposed to be flown into the WH.
sometimes I have moments of clarity where the picture falls snugly into place. The conversations on here provoke that experience a lot.