My recollection of Cronkite is that he was more determined to keep his personal predilections & leanings to himself than today’s gaggle of newsreaders.

At least until he retired, at which time I (anyway) was surprised to learn he was a flaming liberal.

Not long ago, I heard a professor say he felt it was his duty to inculcate his captive audience into correct (i.e., leftist) thinking. I was shocked at both the sentiment and the apparent lack of shame in acknowledging it.

When I was in college, it was the tacit rule of thumb that professors kept personal views out of their teaching.

Now, most of those personal governors in news & education seem to be off, and both are more akin to exercises in brainwashing & indoctrination.