[kevinbowman]

I'm interested in how this is being reported on in the USA - is there a discussion about the complete fabrication of this story, or is the story itself successfully doing the rounds? It seems amazing that manipulation of the public on such a massive scale is even possible in somewhere like the USA, if that's what is happening.

[stanleydrew]

I saw something about it on Twitter. But it's Fox News, so wasn't really that unexpected.

They have been attempting to manipulate the public on a massive scale for a long time, as long as the manipulation serves the preferred narrative.

[JustSomeNobody]

Surely, NBC, CNN, etc try and do this also?

Note: Don't take this to mean I, in ANY way, support Fox News.

[stanleydrew]

I'm not suggesting they don't but we're not discussing a specific instance on any of those networks, so that's not really at issue here. I think Fox News showed that low-integrity narrative-fitting and selective editing are very profitable. Other networks have probably followed to some extent.

[plandis]

It's Fox News so only right-wing people are even listening to this crap.