@sun@strypey You remember the "intellectual dark web" media blitz; I don't think it's a coincidence that everyone decided that some internet words guys were all suddenly Dangerous to Our Democracy.
@p@strypey One of the ways the Iraq War invasion was justified was that the government had covert agents privately tell journalists there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. They reported it. Then later when asked for evidence, Dick Cheney said "you don't have to trust us, the new york times reported it too."