Quote Originally Posted by TinCow View Post
You said that news media was more "open and honest... [a]t any point previous point" than it is today. My point was to emphasize the lack of open and honest reporting in media at previous points in history which refute this statement. The very idea that you are capable of referencing news media from FOUR separate countries in your post shows just how little you understand what media was actually like prior to globalization. Back then it was difficult to get news media coverage that originated outside of your city, let alone outside of your country. The population of any given country was given a very narrow window into what was going on beyond their immediate range of vision. That window was heavily colored by political influence at the highest levels. Major media owners were constantly working with or against political parties and organizations, and the media they produced was a direct reflection of that fact. There were also no other options for consumer to get around these biases. As an American living in Ohio, I could not have have accessed news from Canada, Ireland, and Britain, at least not very easily and not in a timely fashion. Even if I could, unless I was multilingual my news consumption options would have been limited to Anglophone nations, which presents its own clear bias.
Of course there was yellow journalism and information or disinformation has been used by individuals and nations in the past.

The more salient point, in my opinion however, is that we are lied to not only by those in power but by our supposedly free press.

And yes, I also used other sources when they were available but this was a period before the internet or of a computer in every home so those sources were hard to come by.

It was enough to know that on any given issue you could not trust US sources without also examining what the international press was reporting on the subject.

If you don’t find that disturbing, I am sorry but I do.