{"id":3444,"date":"2026-09-12T18:49:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2026-09-12T18:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:49:43","slug":"selling-the-war-purges-polygraphs-and-propaganda-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=3444","title":{"rendered":"Selling the war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda | Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 8 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>With the US midterm elections just weeks away, Donald Trump\u2019s administration is trying to put a positive spin on a war with Iran that shows no sign of letting up.<\/p>\n<p>Climbing fuel and grocery prices, the president\u2019s provocative social media posts and the Pentagon\u2019s combative relationship with the media are making that story harder to sell.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contributors:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Laicie Heeley \u2013 Editor-in-chief, Inkstick<br \/>Mark Kimmitt \u2013 Former US Assistant Secretary of State<br \/>Negar Mortazavi \u2013 Host, The Iran Podcast<br \/>Samira Mohyeddin \u2013 Founder, On The Line Media<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"on-our-radar\">On our radar<\/h2>\n<p>Revelations from Israeli newspaper Haaretz about what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knew before the October 7 attacks have ignited a firestorm in the country. Netanyahu calls the reporting fabricated and is threatening to sue.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Kohls reports.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-covid-coverage-broke-trust-in-the-us\">How COVID coverage broke trust in the US<\/h2>\n<p>Six years on from the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 is back in the headlines \u2013 and so are questions about how newsrooms covered it.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Listening Post\u2019s<\/em> Nicholas Muirhead on how the pandemic broke trust in the US.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featuring:\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Amesh Adalja \u2013 Infectious Disease Physician, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security<br \/>Frances E Lee \u2013 Co-author, In COVID\u2019s Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us<br \/>Jeanne Lenzer \u2013 Investigative Medical Journalist<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 12 Sep 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">12 Sep 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share dark-view\" 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