Yes, they did this via a culture war. Looking back, you can see where it happened with tv (mid to late 70s, imo)
I’ll never accept that. Making a grave mistake is not the same as losing a battle. Right now (& for too long), we are handing it over to them nearly by default. You (general “you”, not you, personally, DJ) cannot deal with dishonorable people in good faith. They’ll use it to destroy you. Which they’ve almost accomplished.
It happened sooner than that. Think about McCarthy and Edward R Murrow. McCarthy was right and Murrow had to destroy him.