"The "corporate media"?"

Yes, the right-wing-dominated mass media owned by a handful of corporations that profit from conflict. The same ones that peddled the WMD lies that enabled the criminal invasion of Iraq.

"all of the "evidence" in dispute was after the fact, not prior"

That is simply not true. Every single claim made by Bush/PNAC was soundly refuted by more credible officials and the evidence. Covering this while the corporate mass media suppressed it helped the independent press to really prove its mettle.

You may have fallen for these lies, but that's not anyone else's fault.

Perhaps you should be more careful this time around.