Ah, for the Good Old Days...

... when the news was about the same as it is today. For example:

"If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'" - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of The United States of America

LBJ is long gone, but I'd say that the mainstream news is as unbiased and objective as ever.