>>507648366 (OP)Media sentiment was pretty neutral towards the middle east, and your average American didn't have strong opinions of the region or its people. They were almost never depicted in entertainment, and even if they were it was "le mystical side character" fusion of whatever region the authors thought was ethnic. Brown lady with a crystal ball kind of thing.
Once 911 happened, Americans questioned very little of satellite tv news stations. It was easy to control popular opinion since media was more centralized and the modern internet was rudimentary. Both the political left and right did not question if "Iraq had nukes", it wasn't something people would question, and it's not something news stations were allowed to question.
In the same way it was feasible to have a singular "King of Pop", it was feasible to have a singular opinion dominating that era. Now the propaganda war is more about flooding a legitimate government leak with disinformation, as opposed to directly creating a narrative (eg UFOs)
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