No. It’s not a good thing. But it’s an inevitable part of a system where there is asynchronous information awareness.
It will always happen. But a better informed public, who rely on a greater number of people with less at stake as individuals to inform them, can assist in cushioning the blow.
A public that sits on its bum absorbing the easy fluff of modern day life isn’t going to do that.
I’m always two-pronged in these things. The evildoers should be reined in, and the mob of the populace should educate and keep an eye on things better.
