76: Chapter 76 Public opinion is never on the side of the truth.

As time passed, many details regarding the USA's disastrous defeat at Raqqa Military Base began to emerge.

Initially, individual media outlets broke the story with images and fragmented speculation, but later, news organizations joined in, digging up more inside information.

Some captured footage of the USA's F-16 Fighter Jet in action, others caught the Black Hawk Helicopter crashing, and some recorded the USA's retreat...

Once the news media synthesized this analysis, a complete chain of speculation regarding the USA's attack on Raqqa Military Base was formed, followed by various news reports.

"According to comprehensive reports from the Roadside News Agency, the USA recently launched a military operation against Iran's Raqqa Military Base. During the battle, they successively deployed F-16 Fighter Jet, Black Hawk Helicopter, and other aircraft, as well as ground forces."

"According to informed sources, Raqqa Military Base was completely destroyed, multiple air defense missile positions were hit by missiles, and there were no survivors. This marks another successful destruction of an enemy military base by the USA in Syria, dealing a heavy blow to forces resisting freedom."

"Latest news from the Filter Station: Recently, the USA deployed a large number of fighter jets to conduct airstrikes on Raqqa Military Base, attacking multiple air defense missile positions belonging to Iran, achieving brilliant results. All buildings and facilities at Raqqa Military Base have been reduced to ruins, dealing a heavy blow to Iran."

"According to an unnamed USA official, although the USA suffered some losses in this military operation, they are not worth mentioning compared to the losses at Raqqa Military Base. The USA will continue to launch more military operations and conduct airstrikes against enemy military facilities throughout Syria."

Both the Roadside News Agency and the Filter Station stood on the side of the USA, reporting a portion of the truth while concealing the USA's losses, selectively framing the military operation at Raqqa Military Base as a successful battle.

However, some newspapers disclosed more of the truth; although they also concealed information, it was not as excessive as the Roadside News Agency or the Filter Station.

The headline of the "Rhine Reader" was: USA Successfully Destroys Raqqa Military Base, Significant Results but Not Inconsiderable Losses.

"It is reported that a large-scale battle recently took place at Raqqa Military Base in Syria. The USA conducted airstrikes on Raqqa Military Base, focusing attacks on multiple targets such as the base's air defense missile positions, completely destroying Raqqa Military Base."

"The results of this airstrike were a brilliant success, but it is still somewhat regrettable that three Black Hawk Helicopter and Apache Attack Helicopter crashed during this battle, leaving a significant flaw in the results of the airstrike and preventing it from having a perfect conclusion."

The newspapers of the United Kingdom, however, gave the USA a stab in the back.

Although the United Kingdom has been acting as the USA's sidekick for quite some time, they were once the boss, after all. Now that they have fallen, there is still some lingering resentment, and sometimes when they see the USA having problems, a stab in the back is just a way to show off their own arrogance.

The headline of the "Sun Sensationalist" was: First Disastrous Defeat for the USA in Syria, Future Prospects Worrisome.

"According to the latest comprehensive news, the battle that recently took place at Raqqa Military Base in Syria was an airstrike launched by the USA. Although this airstrike destroyed Raqqa Military Base and paralyzed multiple military facilities, the USA suffered significant losses in this operation."

"It is understood that the USA launched multiple airstrikes, and losses occurred in two of them. In one instance, three Black Hawk Helicopter and Apache Attack Helicopter were lost, and in another, an F-16 Fighter Jet was lost. It can be said that this is the first disastrous defeat for the USA in its many years of fighting in Syria."

"Whether this disastrous defeat will cause the USA's air force to fall into a slump is hard to predict, but in the short term, the USA does not have the capability to continue launching airstrikes. As Syria and Iran continue to replenish their weapons and equipment, the future of the USA in Syria is worrisome. The question of what to do next is a test for the high-ranking officials of the USA military."

The "Daily Sky" simply synthesized the news for its report, similarly downplaying the USA's losses, emphasizing the tragic fate of Raqqa Military Base, and finally boasting about the strength of the USA's military.

On the TuiJia social network, many voices of discussion appeared; some were fabricated content, and some were close to the truth of the facts.

Some said the USA lost at least five fighter jets, including F-16 Fighter Jet, Black Hawk Helicopter, and Apache Helicopter, and that Raqqa Military Base forced the USA's fighter jets to flee in a panic.

Some said that the USA deployed joint ground forces in this military operation, but because the effect of the airstrikes did not meet expectations, they had to temporarily interrupt the occupation of Raqqa Military Base.

Some said that the air defense missiles used by Raqqa Military Base to strike the USA's fighter jets were Russia's latest air defense missiles; although many were destroyed in the battle, the results achieved were quite good.

Various chaotic opinions appeared, but many statements approaching the truth were successively silenced, and accounts were even canceled, leaving some onlookers inexplicably discovering that the people they were following had already disappeared.

Of course, there were also some who were not afraid of death, who reconstructed the entire process of the battle at Raqqa Military Base and wanted to publish it. But shortly after publishing, they were thrown into the "dark room".

Then they discovered they could no longer register new accounts, which was equivalent to having the door to the TuiJia social network closed to them, and from then on, they had to give up on the entertainment platform that was the TuiJia social network.

Although some media outlets in Syria and Iran made disclosures, they were all deemed false information. Before they could even spread, they were labeled as fake news, attracting quite a bit of mockery and ridicule.

After all, the strength of the USA's air force is obvious to all; even if Raqqa Military Base was equipped with Iran's most advanced air defense missiles, it could not have achieved such brilliant results.

Whoever said that Raqqa Military Base shot down five USA helicopters and one F-16 Fighter Jet, isn't that just wishful thinking? Any normal person would not believe that Raqqa Military Base could perform like that.

This is also quite normal. After all, public opinion has never been in the hands of the truth. It is just a matter of letting the truth appear as it should according to needs. If the truth cannot meet the needs, it is not difficult to fabricate a truth.

Just when the entire public opinion was surging, the USA reacted quickly. The US Intelligence and Investigation Bureau once again warned some news media outlets and took away a group of people who attempted to disclose the truth.

The TuiJia social network also quickly concocted new hot topics, cooling down the incident at Raqqa Military Base, gradually downplaying the USA's losses in this airstrike, banning such topics of discussion, and attempting to cover up the truth.