Pretending that facts cannot be manipulated is fundamental to propaganda, regardless of color. A big discussion of facts, experts and opinions is a way to escape addressing the ubiquitous propaganda problem.

Not the point. Which facts you report is a bias. One can be completely factual yet only publish limited info.

This specifically is what wikileaks did in 2016 against the DNC.

So unless you scour the internet for each topic, the full bias isnt obvious.

> One can be completely factual yet only publish limited info.

This is part of what I had in mind, selective reporting of facts is a method of fact manipulation, statistical gaming is another.

> So unless you scour the internet for each topic, the full bias isnt obvious.

Bias on a mass scale is a tool of propaganda, and it cannot be dealt with, if it isn't understood as such.

That’s very dismissive of the person you’re replying to.

Sure, its an opinion with no facts about fact based assessment. Assuming this person is an unbiased observer and a well prescient one would be a mistake.