The point is that when declaring "this time it's different", you have to explain away all the many, many things that are exactly the same, and not just point ou

The point is that when declaring "this time it's different", you have to explain away all the many, many things that are exactly the same, and not just point out the one thing that's a little different. The Facebook/CA scandal broke in traditional media, and traditional media hasn't exactly been downplaying the possibility of Facebook-powered "fake news" influencing of elections, either. I think that tells you everything you need to know about the purported monopolisation of the media by Facebook.