From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 14/02/2024 20:56, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:36:54 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   >> ... it will remind people of why there used to be a   
   >> balance between their Lord's temporal - the judiciary - their Lords   
   >> Spiritual - the Church, and the actual pragmatic government, which was   
   >> electable, in charge of keeping the peace and protecting the realm, not   
   >> of engaging in moral dictatorship.   
   >   
   > Were there reliable, independent sources of information back in those   
   > days?   
      
   Of course not. People believed what happened in their village, and   
   looked with deep suspicion on what was reported from elsewhere.   
      
   Newspapers might be read by those that could, but not necessarily believed.   
      
   A bit like the rural US states today.   
      
   The rise of information from elsewhere  coincided with the start of   
   radio broadcasting around 1920.   
      
   The rise of people who actually believed what they said seems to have   
   been around 1950   
      
      
   --   
   “Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of   
   a car with the cramped public exposure of 
an airplane.”   
      
   Dennis Miller   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)