Agreed. In the 1800-1900’s “yellow journalism” flourished. The use of hyperbole, misleading headlines and generally shitbag prose was rampant. Then the pendulum went the other way and up to the 70’s or so “just the facts” was the norm. Now we’re back to “man bites dog” hyperbole,innuendo and outright lying in the press.
Agreed. In the 1800-1900’s “yellow journalism” flourished. The use of hyperbole, misleading headlines and generally shitbag prose was rampant. Then the pendulum went the other way and up to the 70’s or so “just the facts” was the norm. Now we’re back to “man bites dog” hyperbole,innuendo and outright lying in the press.
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