In February, I wrote a column poking fun at the excuse Democrats use when losing, facing losses, or having trouble advancing their agenda: that it’s all a “messaging problem.” Former President Barack Obama’s onetime Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer, for example, laughingly attempted to blame the “media environment” that is “stacked against them” for getting their message out.

As it turns out, it was a test run for his forthcoming book, Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America.