I am incredulous. This sounds like revisionism. As a socialist FDR would have been a media favorite like Obama, not an adversary like Trump.
Sounds as though there were a few honest people in the journalist profession until FDR shut them up.
“This sounds like revisionism.”
Everything we know about FDR that’s nice, is pure lies. He was a right bastard and almost took down our country.
The Media at this point was in transition from the bastions of truth, honor and integrity (It’s commonly thought that by not mentioning his disability, the Media were not trying to push his feebleness into the world spotlight, making America look weak to our enemies). They didn’t start to go full-tilt until the 50s, 60s and finally complete in the 70s.
Remember that during the Vietnam war, where many US kids didn’t want to fight because they were learning how great Communism was, they turned to college as a way to stay home. Such programs as Liberal Arts kept them off the battlegrounds. When the liberal arts degrees were handed out, they were qualified to quickly infiltrate media in all forms.
It only took about 5-15 years for them to get power and position in the media outlets and they were allowed - nay, enabled - to push their communist agenda. It took only a few years for Communism to flourish in the US. And we didn’t detect it because they were flourishing in the media who is the exact industry who controls everything you see and hear.
When FDR took office there were a number of influential Republican newspapers. The Chicago Tribune feuded with him his entire time in office. It wasn't until after WWII that the press began its transition to Democrat dominance.