Good points, Jack. The fact is, they are telling any lie at all which they think some people in America might be ignorant or foolish enough to believe. He who controls the flow of information moulds public opinion. This is true in any country. So all you need to take a country down the road to corruption and madness is a well-controlled and financially manipulated media in the hands of a few very unscrupulous and wealthy men.

What people hear every day on their radio or TV is exactly what most of them end up believing.

That was one of the key points of the book "1984".