The media has steadfastly refused to see what should be one of the biggest stories in decades: an administration’s targeting of an opposing party’s presidential campaign based on false and, in at least case, possibly criminally falsified evidence. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/509002-more-willful-blindness-by-the-media-on-spying-by-obama-administration

...Of course, willful blindness has its advantages. Virtually none of these journalists or experts have acknowledged that the collusion leaks were proven false. But then, in Washington, success often depends not on what you see but what you can unsee.

Swalwell did not miss a beat. After members long denied any spying on the campaign or Trump, Swalwell now says he is glad that they did it. What was once a "conspiracy theory" is now embraced as a commendable practice of spying on the opposing party. https://www.foxnews.com/media/rep-swalwell-on-new-information-showing-fbi-spied-on-trump-they-were-right-to-do-it