@FUCKER@lemmy.worldM to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoCan it be done?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1821arrow-down18
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minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoDo you think it was any different back then?
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·10 months agoYes. Definitely yes. There were some pockets of propaganda, especially during election times, but it’s nothing compared to the continuous avalanche that exists today.
minus-squareUnforeseen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoYeah pre the 24hr a day news cycle
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoWAY back in the day, news was fucking great. Especially in small towns. Stories would be like “Man takes bicycle trip 80 miles down to Townsville!” Source: recent Behind the Bastards - The Holy Rollers Sex Club
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoYeah, people would be surprised that listicles were a thing in newspapers.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoThat was the exception, not the rule though. Thus why a name was coined for it.
Do you think it was any different back then?
Yes. Definitely yes.
There were some pockets of propaganda, especially during election times, but it’s nothing compared to the continuous avalanche that exists today.
Yeah pre the 24hr a day news cycle
WAY back in the day, news was fucking great. Especially in small towns. Stories would be like “Man takes bicycle trip 80 miles down to Townsville!”
Source: recent Behind the Bastards - The Holy Rollers Sex Club
Yeah, people would be surprised that listicles were a thing in newspapers.
Yellow journalism tho
That was the exception, not the rule though. Thus why a name was coined for it.