There was a time when CBS was the gold standard in broadcast news.
That's what I hear, although I think even Murrow was overrated. The problem with any assertions about the veracity and integrity of alleged "gold standards" such as CBS News and the New York Times is that we really have no idea how often or how brazenly they lied to promote the Democrat / socialist agenda. It has only been 15 years or so that the internet has been around to police the dirty bastards.
That Rather quote was what he said when he confronted Larry Ellison (Oracle). Ellison had just made a speech where he said in the future people would turn away from network television to the internet for their news.