Comment by deepsun
1 year ago
Oh no, the medias got actually way more responsible after the World War. Before the war, mainstream media were more like super-biased propaganda machines. Only after the world wars society realized they need more toned-down truth-first analytical medias.
I agree , I elaborated on this in a child comment.
Just a minor point I would say it is ~120 years rather than 70. There was influential journalism through the early 20th century when professional journalism took shape which influenced policy of note the anti trust actions taken under Sherman Act in early 1900s.