Most of the time it is. Look at how they character assassinated Snowden. They said his girlfriend was a stripper, he was a Russian spy, etc. Your first impress

Most of the time it is. Look at how they character assassinated Snowden. They said his girlfriend was a stripper, he was a Russian spy, etc. Your first impression might be to say that wasn't effective, but did we ever get any real NSA reform? Nope. But to your point, the message still got out, but many people allowed themselves to ignore it.