There was a time when the Tiffany Network simply got it right.
Now decisions are made by “the news children” who WANT stories like this to be right, regardless of the facts.
Years ago, in the old UPI City Room in Chicago, there hung a sign with sage words of advice to all reporters and editors:
“If your mother says she loves you,
Check it out!”
Today, that sign would be ignored.
Cronkite was not much different from Couric—you just couldn't as easily debunk what he said without other sources as readily available.
We grew to “trust” them out of our own lack of news sources. We trusted them more during times of war, but the government was throttling them even then, unlike now.
We have no reason to trust CBS or the other media outlets, and must reassess our “fond” memories of prior days with them.
bump.