 The media have such extraordinary power in the American body politic that they can promote a lie. And even after the lie is debunked, they can continue to promote the lie. So, for example, when Michael Brown was shot in Ferguson, Missouri, it became perfectly obvious from both the local investigation and the federal investigation that he was shot justifiably by a cop. Today, today, in 2024, a decade later, Democrats will still tell you that Michael Brown was a martyr of BLM.