It's a manipulation technique. Not for US citizens, but citizens of other corrupt countries. Imagine that you live in a country where everyone is corrupt and e

It's a manipulation technique. Not for US citizens, but citizens of other corrupt countries. Imagine that you live in a country where everyone is corrupt and everyone lies. If you don't lie you're an idiot. Then you read news about horrible US government failures. If the problems are so large that they cannot possibly keep lying and they openly admit to their failures, then what fucked up things still are there that they don't admit to doing? China at least manages to keep it shush. Therefore, whatever they do, shit at least doesn't hit the fan. It's very difficult to imagine that a different society might have different standards regarding things such as transparency.