100% correct. See e.g. Tet offensive."
The problem is talk radio and the internet didn't exist back then, making it easier to fool most of the people. Do you think they'll make a move on both of those so that their media buddies will be able to cover for them just as they did back then?
“The problem is talk radio and the internet didn’t exist back then, making it easier to fool most of the people”
Most of the people were fooled in 2006 despite both.
Do a search on a search engine using Iraq, Iraq war, bush plan, surge, etc. even democrat corruption. Notice that the results are mostly left leaning? You have to know where to go to get non-left biased stuff. Most do not.
And to answer your question, yes, hence, fairness doctrine. They don’t need to anyway. The positive results about the surge will never reach the people. There’s too many filters.