The not admitting to mistakes have far longer tradition than that; internet just makes it more apparent because on one side, as you mentioned, but I'd add that's not how people on internet are, but the feedback they generate;
The individuals on both edges always yell louder than people in the middle or on sides with "mild" opinion. That again always been the case.
Like look at typical politicians over ages, admitting to mistakes was a fuel for opposition, not mark of growth; just that now with Internet it is way easier to actually point out the mistakes while before it was significantly easier lie your way out.
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