Roger Mudd

The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and '80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations de-regulated the television industry. ↗

— Roger Mudd

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The networks found themselves having to compete for an increasingly Balkanized audience. ↗

— Roger Mudd

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The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational. ↗

— Roger Mudd

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The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers. ↗

— Roger Mudd

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