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NCTraveler

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14. Propaganda was just as potent in the eighteenth century...

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 12:27 PM

Dec 2017

As it is today. Maybe even more so. Very few outlets available to individual citizens regionally and that is what was shaping their perceptions. Some of the attacks levied on political rivals were completely dishonest, well over the top, and would go without fact checking.

The Van Buren era was especially fun.

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I think that social media has damaged the the human species beyond repair. [View all] LuckyCharms Dec 2017 OP

So you say, on social media. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #1

Tell that to a troll posting right wing bullshit on this site. LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #2

But with the level of control you have on Facebook and Twitter, it's very easy to eliminate those WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #4

What about the people who are "middle of the road" or LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #5

What about them? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #15

Their general apathy probably makes them less compelled to recognize or eliminate LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #17

How is that different from them running into Fox News at the car repair shop or doctor's office, and WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #19

Well, people don't have their nose buried in Fox News at the car repair shop LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #22

A tool in the hands of the ignorant is useless GusBob Dec 2017 #8

They are not any more brainwashed... kentuck Dec 2017 #3

Like Fox News did not change any minds? LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #6

Apples and oranges, I think? kentuck Dec 2017 #11

I would like to believe you are correct... LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #13

It is possible that Facebook has made their biases worse? kentuck Dec 2017 #32

One fact is that idiots and hucksters can get national attention quickly, wherein in the past RKP5637 Dec 2017 #7

I agree. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #9

The main damage I see is... SHRED Dec 2017 #10

I was actually just pondering this when your response popped up. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #12

+1, n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #16

They said that about television, back in the day. Mariana Dec 2017 #23

And they were correct SHRED Dec 2017 #25

So the damage has already been done. Mariana Dec 2017 #38

The damage amplifies in my opinion SHRED Dec 2017 #39

+1,000 !! CountAllVotes Dec 2017 #27

Propaganda was just as potent in the eighteenth century... NCTraveler Dec 2017 #14

Yep, SOS, but a different means of communication. It's always been there. One point is, that today RKP5637 Dec 2017 #18

Amen tymorial Dec 2017 #20

Refuse to use Facebook riverwalker Dec 2017 #21

people who tell me to go to their facebook page to see holiday pics Skittles Dec 2017 #47

There was a great lengthy article posted here recently GusBob Dec 2017 #24

Fun fact: DU is social media. nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2017 #26

See reply #1. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #34

Can't see #1 reply PDittie Dec 2017 #41

I'm sorry, I meant #2 (my reply). My mistake. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #44

Agreed. democratisphere Dec 2017 #28

The only social media I blindly believe are LuckyCharns' Corvo Bianco Dec 2017 #29

I've been hearing this sort of complaint all my life DavidDvorkin Dec 2017 #30

Facebook is about 14 years old. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #35

Sure, but the awareness of it as a major force is recent. DavidDvorkin Dec 2017 #37

No. Corporate media has done that leftstreet Dec 2017 #31

Even though a large percentage of posts are made by bots? n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2017 #36

One womans opinion: People are the real problem, not the medium the use to communicate... Guilded Lilly Dec 2017 #33

THIS Cosmocat Dec 2017 #46

Don't fret PDittie Dec 2017 #40

My parents generation used to say the same thing about Rock & Roll, their's Swing and Big Band. TheBlackAdder Dec 2017 #42

I just find it too invasive IluvPitties Dec 2017 #43

I'm guessing the same thing was said about the Gutenburg printing press... brooklynite Dec 2017 #45

It definitely has contributed to the Balkanization of the USA. roamer65 Dec 2017 #48