It is old but I think the modern aspect is that is it much more of a 2-way communication medium. Yes, in previous eras you could get angry letters or phone call

It is old but I think the modern aspect is that is it much more of a 2-way communication medium. Yes, in previous eras you could get angry letters or phone calls. But today you can have hundreds of thousands of people respond directly on the channel that you are using to communicate. It makes it a lot harder to fire and forget with an opinion, so I don't blame them for including caveats, but it makes the content annoying. I am not annoyed at them personally for including these CYA spiels, I am annoyed that it has to be included.