On May 20, 2003 the United States (Bush) led a coalition that launched a fully-fledged invasion of Iraq, closely supported by the United Kingdom (Blair), the reason was “built on three basic premises: that the regime of Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD); that it was developing more of them to the potential advantage of “terrorist” groups; and that creating a “friendly and democratic” Iraq would set an example for the region.” [1]
They multinational force were “ultimately unable to find substantial evidence that Hussein had an active weapons development programme”. The chemical and biological, and potential nuclear WMD idea was pushed by “trusted media” and was manufactured fake news. “[J]ournalists had betrayed the public by not doing their job and by accepting and amplifying and echoing the lies of Bush and his gang [official sources], instead of challenging them and exposing them.” Had the “media exposed the lies, up to a million people might be alive today.”
A consequence “biosecuity” and “bioterrorism” policies were passed into law following this purported “threat”.
Did the Trusted News Initiative deceive the public again in the 2020 pandemic response? Compared to some public funded media.