When was the truth era? I get the feeling that revelations similar to the "post truth" idea here, ie. commentators being shocked by the barefaced lying of the

When was the truth era? I get the feeling that revelations similar to the "post truth" idea here, ie. commentators being shocked by the barefaced lying of the powerful, have been happening continuously for thousands of years. Apocryphal or nor this is apt.. An Assyrian clay tablet dating to around 2800 B.C. bears the inscription: “Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”