Bumping to see if anybody is still in denial about this.
Here's a link to some highlights of yesterday's Sunday talk shows.
You can certainly argue about what constitutes "selling" the war, but it seems pretty clear that the hostile rhetoric with respect to Iran, saber-rattling, or whatever you want to call it has increased by an order of magnitude over the past month.
Closely related to this topic:
Buying the War is an episode of Bill Moyers Journal that aired earlier this year and can be viewed online. It explores the role of the media in the run-up to the war in Iraq. In other words, their incompetence and lack of skepticism, and their willingness to uncritically regurgitate administration claims and talking points with little or no evidence. I don't see any indication that anything's changed this time around.