The First British Operation in World War One Was a Propaganda Move

The first british offensive operation in world war one was a propaganda move. Almost all information going to the united states about what was going on on the ground in the western front had to funnel through british telegraph cables. The British government was being very selective on what they would allow to be transmitted, and they were keeping tabs on all of it. It creates unknown unknowns, because american newspapers and the American public have no idea that they're only getting one very carefully grafted narrative of what's going on onthe ground in europe. But people just get that pump relentlessly into their heads for three or four years before you realize how ridiculous this is.