Given the history of propaganda and how we got into the Iraq war, this is an area of real major concern for me.<p>On two different occasions I&#x27;ve noticed a similar behavior on a &quot;trending&quot; news topic that was not trending anywhere.<p>Both cases (surprisingly) that caught my eyes, had to do with vilification of Iran. The first time, I assumed a certain organized PR effort or perhaps it was naturally trending.<p>However, the second time (May 9th) [0] it coincided with the Gizmodo&#x27;s article coming out. 
That prompted me to search all major news sites (with the logic that if it was on some major news sites it will then circulate within FB and will explain why it was trend).<p>So I decided to document this, I checked CNN, HuffingtonPost, NYTimes, WashingtonPost...no mention of an &quot;Iranian missile test&quot; but there was a small blurb at the bottom of the FoxNew site [1]. Not enough exposure for it to get the kind of volume to be the top-3 trending story.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;UNRBrRu" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;UNRBrRu</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;1f13R80" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;1f13R80</a>