I'm not sure. Simple mechanics like writing a good lede or headline seem to have almost disappeared.
And it seems to have become acceptable (on both left and right) for a news room to try to "get" a sitting President that they don't like, even if the result is sloppy journalism.
My impressions is that serious retractions (or worse, serious errors without retractions) are far more common now than thirty years ago.
As for MLK, even knowing what we do now, I still consider him a hero. But yeah, journalistic coverage of him back then was pretty uncritical.
And it seems to have become acceptable (on both left and right) for a news room to try to "get" a sitting President that they don't like, even if the result is sloppy journalism.
My impressions is that serious retractions (or worse, serious errors without retractions) are far more common now than thirty years ago.
As for MLK, even knowing what we do now, I still consider him a hero. But yeah, journalistic coverage of him back then was pretty uncritical.