German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck came straight to the point; “People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.” People tend to trust their government. Few question spin that is spun by government, state compliant media and palace publishers keen to make a fast buck at the expense of their defeated foe’s reputation.
https://europerenaissance.com/2021/02/15/the-truth-dies-from-the-victors-lies