I agree with most of what you said. But I guess what you are missing is that huge outrage machines like Twitter, FB and new generation online media did not exis

I agree with most of what you said. But I guess what you are missing is that huge outrage machines like Twitter, FB and new generation online media did not existed 10 years back or at least in this form and with such global reach. So many powerful people in past have had it easy for their less than perfect behavior.