I have not believed the news media since 1964 when Lyndon Johnson said he would not send American boys to SE Asia. When elected on a no war platform he sent troops to SE Asia.
Also ceased believing in the news media when Walter Cronkite made his spiel about Vietnam when the US had just kicked the North Vietnamese a$$ who had just violated the TET ceasefire.
Wasn’t Cronkite one of the people that McCarthy pointed out.