the internet isn't required for the public to have knowledge of state/federal programs/policies/laws. Those are all a matter of public record.
The masses received their view of the public record via a severely biased MSM, liberal college professors and screeching celebrities. Somehow, prior to the Internet you overlooked where the masses got their information.
Since when did the public have to rely on the MSM? Are people completely incapable of researching what Congress is doing? Again, the media is not required to do one's duty as a citizen. I think people choose to rely on the MSM to relieve themselves of their responsibility as citizens. Lambs leading themselves willfully to the slaughter.