Indeed photography was considered by insurers as a dangerous profession. If the still image was in its infancy the moving image was at best a twinkle in its inventors eye. For everyday transport the horse was still as fast as most people were going to get. News was in newspapers and that was delivered in very close small type with very few illustrations and those that were included were hand-drawn. The news itself often very out of date by the time it appeared.
Today news is constant, global and instantaneous.
If a bomb exploded in London at midnight most of the planet would know it had happened before Johnny-Brit knew. News then was in newspapers and that was delivered in very close small type with very few illustrations and those that were included were hand-drawn. The news itself often very out of date by the time it appeared. Sorry, been watching too much 24 hour news, in fifteen minutes a man can come back from the stars, a war can start but usually they just repeat what they said 15 minutes ago. Perhaps a photograph of an army general you have heard about fighting in a far off land.