THIS OLD GAME

STAR REPORTER

In an era when claims of “fake news” emanate routinely from the White House, it can be challenging to remember that, until quite recently, reporters and journalists were among the most trusted and revered figures in America. They include:

• Anchor and reporter Walter Cronkite, dubbed “the most trusted man in America.”• Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the duo who broke the Watergate scandal.• The legendary H.L. Mencken, who reported on the 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial.”• Martha Gellhorn, who exemplified the term “war correspondent.”• Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Vicki Vale, and Peter Parker, iconic comic-book characters who worked as reporters and journalists.