I'm not sure that's the whole story. I feel that political leadership really woke up to how the cult of personality and limited attention spans could be used to

I'm not sure that's the whole story. I feel that political leadership really woke up to how the cult of personality and limited attention spans could be used to manipulate the message for the masses. It started much earlier in the US I believe but came into full swing in the UK with Tony Blair's Labour. [0] you can be sure she wasn't the only one, just someone that got caught. News media in particular has become so polarised and only really feeds into it's own respective echo chambers, to the point where it's all but useless as an impartial presentation of facts and opinions. There is still some great instructional and educational content on Web and it feels for the moment all of these issues are still limited to news and entertainment. [0] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1588323.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1588323.stm