"They will just emphasis that Saddam worked with al Qaeda on Saudi Arabia exclusively, or something to that affect. Ties between Saddam and other terrorist groups will be reduced to reporting on how these groups are not al Qaeda."
Move the goalposts.
Yes they will. They will spin, obfuscate, ignore, distort and lie.
But that's OK. It will further descredit them in the eyes of the public. That's progress.