That is what human culture is and always has been.
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Perhaps true, but mass media didn’t always exist. We are bombarded with lies relentlessly by every form of media imaginable. It never lets up. Truth and objectivity stand no chance of being heard anymore. They get run over in the stampede of lies.
Imagine you lived in ancient Egypt—or ancient Rome?
You think the Pharaoh or the Emperor are going to tell you the truth about anything? Seriously?
The mass media is owned by a few wealthy elites—same basic thing....