I did try to be clear and choose my words carefully there. I deliberately said OFTEN and certainly never meant to imply "always". There has been plenty of honest reporting, but the stuff that commonly gets picked up on is the bad news, especially if it is written in a sensationalist fashion.
May I offer an insight?
The above talks about "bad news" that is "written in a sensationalist fashion." I believe that
good news can be (and often is) also "written in a sensationalist fashion."
Is it possible that the sensational claims made of the F-35 and attributed here repeatedly as LM "lies" and "
PR" is actually a product of sensationalist press, bloggers, and fanboys? I believe it is, because when one looks at the actual statements made by the actual folks running the program, they've been pretty consistent that the F-35 was optimized for the air-to-ground role and that compromises were made in its air-to-air performance from its very inception.