> For some reason people in the military and government are trolling the public
This is an old tactic. It makes it hard for enemies to gather good data. It also makes it hard to know who and what to trust. You have pilots saying ridiculous things so can you trust every pilot? Makes vetting MUCH MUCH harder. All the major powers do this. But it is kinda like a placebo effect, even knowing about it doesn't make it less effective.
So I don't think it is so much to discredit news agencies but to make it harder for enemies to vet eye witness stories on experimental technologies.
This is an old tactic. It makes it hard for enemies to gather good data. It also makes it hard to know who and what to trust. You have pilots saying ridiculous things so can you trust every pilot? Makes vetting MUCH MUCH harder. All the major powers do this. But it is kinda like a placebo effect, even knowing about it doesn't make it less effective.
So I don't think it is so much to discredit news agencies but to make it harder for enemies to vet eye witness stories on experimental technologies.