Probably, but now we have the Internet to catch them. I've said it before, I'll say it again. The Internet is the modern version of the free press that the founders envisioned.
That's so true because before, if we found something like this, there was no one to tell! You could tell your friends, but that didn't do much good. You could tell the media, but they would just bury it. There was simply no way to spread things fast enough unless you had some clout or influence yourself. So we would just sit at home and be frustrated because the rest of the world didn't know what we knew!
I remember even back when the Clinton's were running for office. Most people had no clue what kind of history they had even though those of us on the internet talked about it all the time! I remember when "Slick Times" came out and I was probably the only one in my town who had it! Very frustrating.