Yes, they have always had nothing but America’s best interests at heart (puke).
Edward R. Murrow smeared Senator Joseph McCarthy who was vindicated by the decrypted Venona cables showing these people were paid Soviet agents.
Walter Cronkite lost the Vietnam War by falsely declaring the Tet Offensive to be a decisive Viet Cong victory.
Dan Rather nearly elected a traitor with the shameless use of a blatant, crude forgery.
The "media" deserve no respect. They are enemy combatants.