I don’t know if you remember during covid CNN went out of their way to convince the public that Joe Rogan was taking ‘horse dewormer’ deliberately omitting the fact that Ivermectin is a very safe drug for humans for a range of purposes.
Smith said recently that he was going to confront CNN anchor Chris Cuomo about it as the Ivermectin issue is a good example of the way that corporate media routinely lies to the public.
I hope that these types of debates become more common in Europe as it feels like in my country - the UK - that too many people really don’t care about what’s true, only what the dominant narrative is.
The US is leading the way in this regard I feel. As the political class try to stifle free speech there is an increasing impulse from the public to seek the truth. And perhaps the tribal divisions, left vs right, conservative vs liberal etc, are starting to breakdown?
Maybe I’m overly optimistic in the short term however I do feel that the truth always wins in the end.