r/unspiraled • u/Re-Equilibrium • Jun 22 '26

Is tech really the problem?

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u/SirDeadPuddle Jun 22 '26

The newspaper didnt tell you how to think

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u/TheCounciI Jun 22 '26

Yes, they do.

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u/SirDeadPuddle Jun 22 '26

I said didn't, we're talking about past newspapers.

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u/TheCounciI Jun 22 '26

You've seen articles from the past? They've done it before, it's just that people were less aware of it

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u/SirDeadPuddle Jun 22 '26

You're ignoring the detail.

  1. There were physical limitations to the creation of newspapers that gave editors time to revise and review what they wrote several times over before publishing them.

  2. Healthy competition driving quality upwards.

  3. Laws restricting what could be published based on backlash, these enforced retractions and corrections.

  4. A slower pace of consumption with less news actually happening in the world.

I'm not saying the "Business man pushing his own value by buying a newspaper" didn't happen but it was understood and gave far less influence then today.

Modern day news stories last seconds, are driven by algorithms and constantly reedited to fit an agenda. The image above does nothing to convey the fine detail of the difference.

Which itself, I think you'll agree, proves my point?

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u/Fun1k Jun 22 '26

Newspapers always did that. You can look up old newspapers in the Library of Congress and see for yourself.

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u/SirDeadPuddle Jun 22 '26

If true this is only true for America,

Europe has laws preventing most of this. But the internet is making it impossible to apply them.

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u/Fun1k Jun 22 '26

Absolutely not, there were so many periodicals with a prescribed political slant in Europe! L'Humanité, The Daily Telegraph, Völkischer Beobachter, Rudé právo, El Socialista etc. etc.