For as long as there has been news there have been those who would spread it. Modern journalism may trace its roots back to the advent of radio and television reporting, but the practice of informing people of the goings on in the world far predates media journalism. That’s right, when your crazy uncle leaves you a fifteen minute voicemail urging you to start digging a bunker in preparation for the illuminati’s forthcoming global conquest, he’s inheriting a rich and noble tradition that is thousands of years old and peopled with hundreds of diligent, respectable, hard-working public servants. This, of course, is not always how it pans out. While good people like your uncle might be patient, thorough guardians of truth and justice, there are charlatans, con men, and fraudsters printing news as well. Sensationalism and manipulation in the news has lon ...