one of the ugliest parts of the propaganda complex is when they stop caring about facts or even plausibility altogether. that’s where the real contempt for the subjugated emerges.
they just lie. they make up fictions from whole cloth and brazenly broadcast them in hopes you are too stupid or lazy to check. they seek to prey upon tribal tendencies towards confirmation bias.
this is not a sign that one’s side is winning. (much less that it’s on the side of science or of data)
this is the "record harvests among agricultural plenty despite reactionary saboteurs’ failed attempts to thwart the dear leader’s plan!" headline served up to a populace that just got finished eating their shoes and is starting in on their socks.
it’s not even clear to me who they are trying to fool anymore. (i wonder if it’s even clear to them...)