Comment by nemomarx

Comment by nemomarx 15 hours ago

3 replies

When was it not like this, though? I think people are rosey about the past here. A small educated set was different in the past but probably the bulk of the population has always done something like this - now you can hear them online easier.

nineplay 15 hours ago

We didn't always have bad actors directly injecting rage-bait into our blood streams.

  • nemomarx 14 hours ago

    Not as tuned for engagement as now, but we had to have yellow journalism laws for a reason too. There's always been lots of propaganda and manipulation and bad actors in journalism.

  • johnnyanmac 13 hours ago

    Sure we did. Or is that also just us conforming to our preferred worldview of the past?