It's true that journalism isn't what it used to be. But in a piece such as this it's absurd to ascribe the mistake to anything but ignorance on the part of the writer. This is a pretty specialized interest, so don't expect pieces about TV history that aren't written by TV historians to be exhaustively researched. So this is obviously not a product of any kind of bias. As briefly and vaguely as I can, I'll say that we are definitely worse off for not having a Walter Cronkite or even a John Daly figure in today's media whose sole apparent bias was factual reporting. Many of those who complain about biased reporting really just want reporting with a bias which matches their own--which is ironic considering how much easier that is to find today than it was in Uncle Walter's day.
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