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It’s been a bit longer than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism It probably goes back as lon

by ses1984 7mo ago

It’s been a bit longer than that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism It probably goes back as long as they have been shouting news in the town square in Rome or before that even.

otterley 7mo ago
True enough!
lukan 7mo ago
Word around the campfire is, telling stories and exaggerating them to get people attention, is as old as humanity. But good journalism is still something else.