Back when Reagan rescinded the fairness doctrine, the web had yet to be conceived. But without that policy change, Fox News as we know it would not have been possible.
On an even longer time scale, weve had centuries of expecting the printed word to have been edited and authenticated by the time we see it, since getting words in print was expensive. But now its not just the printed word thats devalued, photographs being miscaptioned and shopped, and in a broader sense, action movies where guns solve problems, all this has distorted the reality field of so many voters, its warped the legal landscape.
“Post literate” used to be a science fiction term, but I think its becoming a real thing now. You can even become president without knowing how to read!
