Polling at the time consistently showed that a plurality or majority supported military action, depending on how exactly the question was phrased. It's a complete myth that the mass of the country was against the Iraq war in the run-up.
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Even so, I'm interested in what politicians and the media overall in particular did in the run up, how were dissenting voices treated and was consent being manufactured? Public opinion is a reaction, it tells us little by itself - who presents the information the public uses to form an opinion?
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