Honestly, what is old is new again. The information environment was polluted from the moment there ever was an information environment. Political activists 100

Honestly, what is old is new again. The information environment was polluted from the moment there ever was an information environment. Political activists 100 years ago weren't writing in the newspaper, they were publishing their own in secret under penalty of death sometimes. The information available to the masses has always been controlled, and used for manipulation firstly, information as a happy side effect only if its beneficial to your intents. There is no shot of ever having an accessible source of information that doesn't get polluted or coopted by various interests. The prizes offered from mass attention are just too great to ever expect bad faith operators to not continuously strive for control of mass media.