What is something people think is true "nowadays" that has actually been true for a long time? - eviltoast
  • essell@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For sure, at least in the past journalists would maintain a pretense of impartiality

    • AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      No they didn’t. There’s a famous quote that in the early 20th century newspapers didn’t just report the news they made the news. Newspapers have always had “fake news” and they’ve always taken sides and had agendas

      • Vithar@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        It got so bad we had a war because of fake news, so we passed some laws to not let it happen again, then Ronald Reagan got those laws removed, and we are back after it.