I did a report at school on the French Revolution in Elementary School. (c late 90s). I remember all the sources I read citing lying journalists as one of the causes of the revolution. Peasants were pissed off at lying journalists and when the lynch mobs and guillotines came out, lying journalists were among the first to be targeted by the mob.
Now when I attempt to look up information about the French Revolution targeting lying journalists and lynching them, I can't find it anywhere. I remember books talking about the Fifth Estate and the Peasants directly targeting it.
Now when I attempt to look up information about this online, I can't find anything about journalists being targeted during the French Revolution.
Is my memory wrong or are they hiding information about how French peasants launched a revolution partially because of lying French media?
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