Could a LM statement, "three times better at air-to-air", be sensationalized into "three times better in a close-in turning fight"?
Well, no. But actually, nobody has said that, or claimed that LockMart that. What Flynn did say was:
If one were to overlay the energy-maneuverability (E-M) diagrams for the F/A-18, F-16 or Typhoon over the F-35's, "It is better. Comparable or better than every Western fourth-generation fighter out there."
I think the fact that you place media criticism of your pet project in the same category as anti-vaxxers and the Mayan Apocalypse says much more about you than it does about the media, BTW.
Or maybe I'm seeing this all wrong.
