Is This a 20 First Century Phenomenon?

Daniel cavey writes, hi jimmy and dom. I've been particularly interested in the ability of national news outlets to create wildly different narratives for their audiences. Are there any historical examples of such behaviour in the press that have created enticing rabbit holes to go down? Or is this a 20 first century phenomenon?" Thank you. Oh, this is by no means a 20 first Century thing. This is, this is,This is, this goes way back," he says. "There are even stories like this here on a mysterious worlds"