there was a fundamental evolution in MSM deception that the TANG forgeries represented, and there are dozens of reasons why that sordid episode was completely different from everything that came before it.
I don’t know if you truly don’t understand that, or are just being irritating for no reason. due to my limitless faith in humanity, I’m going to assume you’re just being difficult.
Neither.
I have personal experiences with the media which you do not seem to have.
In your imagination the Air National Guard story represented something new because it was exposed and so you found out about it. It wasn’t new to people who had been involved directly or peripherally in other major stories though, it was par for the course.