In my opinion, this preference should be additionally reinforced by noticing that "older" means of communication actually do also "suffer" from the same issue:

In my opinion, this preference should be additionally reinforced by noticing that "older" means of communication actually do also "suffer" from the same issue: reading books, papers, leaflets pre-Internet, you too should have been aware they can be/are full of lies and misinformation. In other words, propaganda did sure exist pre-Internet (like, from the dawn of mankind, I presume). And even ignoring conscious and systematic propaganda, people were always subjective.