I think this is accurate but politics swirl around it or are used as smokescreens. For example I followed Net Neutrality quite closely and it was not initially

I think this is accurate but politics swirl around it or are used as smokescreens. For example I followed Net Neutrality quite closely and it was not initially painted as partisan, until the FCC realized that by calling NN an "Obama-era regulation" they could dogwhistle some republicans over to their side and make it seem like a traditionally partisan issue. (For some reason news sites played along and used this term all over the place.) But this all happened midway through the process as they cast around for justifications for what was really regulatory capture.