hey, if cutler had pulled the 'torn biceps' joke in 1994, it would have run in the magazines as FACT.
There would have been no commentary. Sure, you'd have 2000 readers who would say "yeah right", but the images might have been cleaned up, his story would be backed with 'credible' writers, and it would have gone unchallenged. Fans wouldn't have beeen able to create funny images about it or LOL and create polls on it.
Internet changes everything. You won't have Phil winning 6 straight O's today - but he would have won 92-97 without hesitation.