There has always been media manipulators. The 'yellow press'' ring a bell? Please take a step back. The media, social and otherwise, is but one element in a long and complex equation at work in our (ever) changing world. Moral issues play a huge role, abortion, gay marriage, LGBTQ, are all issues society didn't face 40 years ago. Roe V Wade, for example, was decided by a firmly right-wing court. One democrat justice even voted against it.