@EU_Commission @EC_Commissioner_Breton
It's important to acknowledge an important contributor to this.

For decades, the media became obsessed with "both sides" reporting. They would report the consensus of the relevant experts, then dig up some random quack and present that as an equally valid opinion.

The media spent decades training the public to disregard expert opinion, all in the name of "unbiased reporting."

@EU_Commission
Unfortunately, the "land for peace" crowd among leftists and liberals (e.g. Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges) have a tendency to lap up those lies uncritically.