Colin, you live in a country that is required to put "caution, filling may be hot" on a mcdonalds "hot apple pie"...
'nuff said.
yes, the media is presenting all these different views, but at the end of the day the whitehouse controls the news cycle for the major 6pm newscasts, and it plays them like a fiddle... unless something is really out of whack, the first news story ALWAYS goes to Washington, and usual for the President's view. Using the media to create positive feelings is a fact of life.
Without that "pearl harbour moment" (thread is about this, after all), the court of public opinion is being blitzed hard from all sides.
I don't think your media is trying to lie - but I think they are working with the information as provided and are being played by the whitehouse for all it's worth... and it's sometimes very tough to watch.
that's all.
Alex
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