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They're brainwashed to the same extent that many people in the US are brainwashed.

The wonderful thing about modern propaganda is that it has become so subtle we often mistake it for our own opinions.

As a European when I watched CNN for the first time at the early stages of the Iraq war, I first wasn't sure whether it was supposed to be satire or fiction. It took me a while to realise that this is what many people think of as "news" in the US. Makes me wonder what I miss in our own news media -- you only spot bold faced lies when you have a trusted reference you can compare them to.