Period Three: 1960s-1970s-- Civil Rights, Social Protest, and the Vietnam War
1960s-1970s New Journalism--a style of writing that heavily incorporated writer's own opinions and interpretations.
Table 3.3 Assessment of Level of Truth Decay in the 1960s–1970s
| Trend | Low | Moderate | High |
| Increasing disagreement about facts and analytical interpretations of facts and data* | ✓ | ||
| A blurring of the line between opinion and fact | ✓ | ||
| The increasing relative volume, and resulting influence, of opinion and personal experience over fact | ✓ | ||
| Declining trust in formerly respected sources of factual information | ✓ |
NOTES: An asterisk indicates that our assessment relies on limited verified data. These assessments are approximations and should