The manipulation was ongoing long before that. It just accelerated during that time, and has kept accelerating since...
the infowarrior
Then it has been present nearly my whole life. My son came home from high school in the early 2000’s and told me they had watched a history documentary from 1980, narrated by Walter Cronkhite. He said ‘wow, I couldn’t believe how biased it was!’. I told him that we didn’t realize it back then. I guess I’m happy the Conservatives can win as often as we do.