re: #662 Anymouse 🌹

Well, even then they were driven by the same agenda they are now (making money).

That said, Reagan’s scotching of the Fairness Doctrine (which Nixon wanted) put conservative propaganda on steroid.

That is not entirely correct.

TV back in the 50s, 60s and 70s didn’t have all the channels that came with cable TV in the late 70s.

The major networks were the only game in town so the only place for advertisers to get that big an audience. They were making money in their regular programming they could do what they wanted in their news divisions without suffering revenue loss.

That allowed the guys like Cronkite to be so against the war in Vietnam.

The news then was a lot more pointed, critical and editorial.