It was always impossible and you always had only two options - trust the person who told you, or see it so many times from so many original sources it's impossi

It was always impossible and you always had only two options - trust the person who told you, or see it so many times from so many original sources it's impossible to be fake. That's always been the case. I have seen fake wartime reports using photos from different conflicts, complete fabulations etc 20 years ago just as often as today - the good thing is that people finally recognize they shouldn't trust everyone and everything they see.