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The world is a different place than it was in 2012. Imo, around 2010/2012 is when social media disinfo in politics really started taking off in an organized/concerted way from the big players.


Political disinfo isn't new.

https://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/08/22/mf.campaign....

> Adams' men called Vice President Jefferson "a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father."




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