> I think the bigger issue is intellectually lazy readers and media which don't really care to understand nuances or spend any effort reviewing and fact checking things.

Sure, I don't disagree, but do you have any path toward this 'enlightenment'? I mean, the average college attending student has a literacy level of about 7th grade. How would you propose we move from there to a point where even the average, much less most, voting age adults can not only digest a paper but also be capable of poking holes in its reasoning?

> You can't control labels

Of course you can, it's what politics and marketing are all about.