The internet certainly hasn't been a panacea for the spread of information or the dissemination of "truth", but it is nonetheless a valuable communication tool

The internet certainly hasn't been a panacea for the spread of information or the dissemination of "truth", but it is nonetheless a valuable communication tool that didn't exist before. As an older person, I can't stress how difficult it was to get timely news and information a few decades ago that didn't come from NBC, CBS, or ABC. Many of us knew that pundits and politicians were telling just as many lies back then as they were today, but there were no avenues to distribute proof of these lies in a timely manner. Their disdain for facts was just as great, but their lies were harder to expose.