I can imagine media products "lie" (by omission, by implicit bias, or even blatantly) but will need some references to reorient to the idea the scale is the sam

I can imagine media products "lie" (by omission, by implicit bias, or even blatantly) but will need some references to reorient to the idea the scale is the same. My prior is still heavily tilted by the lead up to the Iraq war -- and think the time since has only seen a further embrace of "tell the audience what they want to hear over evidence" (see "top talent" texts re. dominion suit) [0] https://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/poll-republicans-wmds-iraq-114016 https://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/poll-republicans-wmds... > 52 percent [fox viewers] say that they believe it to be “definitely true” or “probably true” that American forces found an active weapons of mass destruction program in Iraq. > Overall, 42 percent still believe that troops discovered WMDs, a misleading factor in the decision to invade Iraq in 2003. FWIW the iraq war is on my mind after reading https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/iraq-war-us-invasion-anniversary-2023/673343/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/iraq-war-u.... Bad war, bad reasoning, terrible consequences, but maybe Iraq could be worse today.