2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: In another thread a poster was castigated for mentioning Clinton's tale of sniper fire at an airport [View all]Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)Politicians could embellish or in some cases outright fabricate stories. Then cable came along, and with that cable news and the 24 hour news cycle. Paper media began to be bought out by large corporations that could easily become under the influence of the highest bidder. Then a nifty little thing called the internet came into existence and with that more news outlets, not just main stream but anybody could report on stories and provide endless content around the clock. Social media followed and now the news could spread exponentially and even fast than ever before. Through all of this technology advances allowed a single individual to capture, records and share news in a blink of an eye. But, somehow THERE ARE POLITCIANS TODAY WHO STILL DO NOT KNOW THIS!