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.

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nineplay 13 hours ago | parent [-]

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

	▲	nemomarx 13 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		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 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Sure we did. Or is that also just us conforming to our preferred worldview of the past?