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I'm an optimist on these things. By the time mass radio transmission became a thing, people were already treating newspapers with a grain of salt, but mostly their monopoly on reporting and the inherent competition in the industry kept them in check. But Radio gave people the first opportunity to hear what their leaders sound like, and the impressive feat was accompanied by taking for granted what they said. Hitler's own words were broadcast to Germans unfiltered and because the medium was relatively new, they listened. So did every other country when the radio was first created. But after controversies like the War of the Worlds broadcast, people were forced to take a far more skeptical look at what they heard on radio. Then television came along, and the same thing happened. The new medium was overly trusted, largely because it was new and because the culture hadn't yet adapted to its strengths and weaknesses. Then the internet, then social media. Over time, cultures will learn how to deal with the mistruths that go around on all of these mediums because, well, we won't have a choice. The problem is not that we can't adapt, but that untold damage will be done in the meantime while we do so.
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