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		nineplay 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: School cell phone bans and student achievement We didn't always have bad actors directly injecting rage-bait into our blood streams.

nemomarx 17 days ago | [–]

Not as tuned for engagement as now, but we had to have yellow journalism laws for a reason too. There's always been lots of propaganda and manipulation and bad actors in journalism.

johnnyanmac 17 days ago | [–]

Sure we did. Or is that also just us conforming to our preferred worldview of the past?

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