In Peter Braestrup's "Big Story", a classic study of media reporting in Viet Nam, he slams Safer and his report on Cam Ne village in August 5, 1965. The treatment of U.S. military as savages began very early in Viet Nam, and "Safer concluded with a highly personal view of the significance of Cam Ne, relating it to President Johnson's war policies [which he opposed] and to the overall U.S. effort in Viet Nam [which he also opposed]." They may hate each other but in reality, in political philosophy there is not a nickle's worth of difference between Safer and Rather.
There may be new faces doing news, but the anti American bias is still there. As virulent as ever. Trying to lie to another generation of uninformed Americans.
Imagine that...a liberal hating another liberal, just for doing what liberals do...It's a head shrinks dream come true!
Like the animus between Stalin and Trotsky.
I think you're on to something.