You mean like the recent Boston marathon bombing that is still fresh in the minds of the people? The American public may be a bit naive and brainwashed (kept d

You mean like the recent Boston marathon bombing that is still fresh in the minds of the people? The American public may be a bit naive and brainwashed (kept deliberately that way by the media) but is not stupid. The US government and media will soon find itself trying to cope with the facebook twitter effect of information distribution where sending half truths and obfuscation downstream is much harder. The support for the current surveillance state correlates negatively with internet access. The mass media wield less power now than in their peak - circa 2003-4 when they helped the government manufacture a cute little war in Iraq.