The term snakeoil salesman and yellow journalism is from far pre-internet days. If you thought the internet was going to be some magical where everyone told the truth you were already completely disconnected from reality.
All the internet does is guide us to our little reality tunnels of the untruth that we enjoy best.
With the magic of social media everybody can be a snakeoil salesman now. And will. Apparently everybody is just a snakeoil salesman waiting for the opportunity to push their dreams and politics.
So now we have a million-strong chorus of snakeoil salesmen 24-7.
The term snakeoil salesman and yellow journalism is from far pre-internet days. If you thought the internet was going to be some magical where everyone told the truth you were already completely disconnected from reality.
All the internet does is guide us to our little reality tunnels of the untruth that we enjoy best.