Honestly the 1700s and 1800s were far worse in terms of both misinformation and mob violence than what we are going through now. Look at what happened to Andrew

Honestly the 1700s and 1800s were far worse in terms of both misinformation and mob violence than what we are going through now. Look at what happened to Andrew Jackson's wife, for example. There was no golden age where everyone agreed on the same basic set of facts.