It's been discussed on many threads: underselling the vaccine so people don't fight over it or start hugging vaccinated granny, influencing public behaviour by spreading doom and gloom, blatant scaremongering, interspersing a vague "there is hope" with "but not until February", "March", "April" ad infinitum, endless coverage of nurses crying in hospital; but NO coverage of the adverse effects of lockdown on our children, and the future legacy of this. The reporting is all very one-sided. Spin, spin, spin, of what the government wants us to hear, to keep us in our place. I'm sure the mixed messages are deliberate, so that the public remains confused and docile, and fighting with each other.
We need to show we are AWARE they are doing this, that it's an insult to the public's intelligence, and likely to make the public less compliant, more disbelieving, and less likely to trust any future government, ever. (For me, that ship sailed with Tony Blair's weapons of mass destruction.)
My first thought would be writing to MPs, since I'm certain the government has a lot of influence in this, undoubtedly with a whole spin department dedicated to lying to the public, but the government is not going to admit to that. I have mentioned these tactics in several letters to my MP; he's not commented on this. Would writing to the BBC and newspapers be any good?
I myself would have a lot more respect for the government, and even lockdown, if they played it straight: admitted when they didn't know things, instead of this constant chaotic game of constantly moving the goalposts, firmly saying one thing, e.g. "schools are safe", and then saying the opposite, with equal certainty. It's doesn't make the government look as if they are in control: it just makes them look even more stupid and desperate every time they do it, and even makes them look as if they're playing with our heads for shits and giggles.