Under Regan an FCC rule mandating that news represent both sides of any political issues fairly was eliminated, that basically led to the birth of the CNN and Fox as we know them today.
Cable news wasn’t affected by that though. That law applied to public broadcast news only. You just need to look back to something like the Spanish American War to see that American news has always been filled with blatant propaganda.
It’s been acceptable for a lot longer than that.
Under Regan an FCC rule mandating that news represent both sides of any political issues fairly was eliminated, that basically led to the birth of the CNN and Fox as we know them today.
Cable news wasn’t affected by that though. That law applied to public broadcast news only. You just need to look back to something like the Spanish American War to see that American news has always been filled with blatant propaganda.