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2. Two differences (among many) between "a time when" and now...

1) Several decades of a conservative branding campaign to label any reporting that does not cheerlead a conservative agenda as "liberal media bias". Accomodation just let them shout it louder, "working the refs,' as Pat Buchanan described it. It shifted the range of what was considered "reasonable" sharply in the conservatives' direction.

2) Changes in corporate governance and law that promote short-term thinking, pressure to maximize profits above all other considerations. Failure to shoot money upward to shareholders -- as much as possible as fast as possible -- became bad for managers' careers.