Originally Posted by Rochard

Even events you witness in person are subject to how you thought you saw them.

A few years ago I was a witness to a car accident and six people filed witness reports. Half of us thought it was the fault of one person, while the other half thought it was the other person's fault. Out of the six of us, it seems there was three different versions of what happened.

But this is very true - we are subject to manipulation. Moments after the last debate (the second one) Pence came out with a statement saying Trump won. It was a detailed statement, a few sentences long, and it was released moments after the debate - it was clear it was written well before the debate. It was designed to give the impression that Trump won, no matter what the truth was. It's the same with everything, it's all marketing. There is one commercial for a TV show telling us about how people and the press are calling it "the best new show on television" while the reality is the show is not popular and hasn't been renewed.