American journalists from various media outlets all propagandized the Iraq war to the point of deceiving the public:

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070403153921/http://65.109.167...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_coverage_of_the_Iraq_War

Stepping back from the liberal imagination that we are all self-actualizing, free individuals, it's easy to see how journalists function within society and the economy according to class politics.

Just look at how American media & technology companies all shut down Alex Jones:

* https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/6/17656840/alex-jones-infowa...

American elites have been clamoring for corporate and state censorship for years.