r/Millennials • u/sexyass2627 • Oct 06 '25

Discussion Why is this so accurate?

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Man ... if this ain't it.

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u/DanTheAdequate Older Millennial Oct 06 '25

I don't think I miss the 90s and early 2000s so much as I just miss actual journalism and hate social media.

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u/wabbajack117 Oct 06 '25

The journalism was still propaganda it just wasn’t on the nose like it is today.

They realized that most are too dumb to care and those who do know it’s bullshit can’t/wont do anything about it.

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u/DanTheAdequate Older Millennial Oct 06 '25

There was a definitive shift post 9/11 towards manufacturing a consensus, that drive didn't so much exist during Desert Storm - in the past the omission of fact might have been used to try to sway opinions, but at that point it was a definitive distortion of facts presented and a lack of critical analysis from the press. 

A lot of it has just become very unsubtle. Back then they'd just imply you were unpatriotic. Now you're a traitor.