The media peddled McGovern and trashed Reagan and Goldwater.
They pushed Soviet propaganda in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. They pushed EU propaganda in the 90's and the 2000's. Now they push Muslim propaganda.
In my lifetime they have always been anti American and been controlled by foreign interests from around the world.
McGovern got blown away, as did Carter in 1980; very different from a result like 2008 when Barry Hussein Soetoro won.