Seems entirely plausible. Another thought that occurred to me is that a lot of these educated professional people simply don't spend the time to research as they spend long hours working, and will spend the remaining few hours running errands, spending time with family, maybe partaking in some leisurely activities if any time is left for that. For news they'll maybe skim (((MSM))) headlines or maybe briefly talk to a friend or two about what's going on in the real world. They don't really question the narratives because at the surface level it seems to check out and looking deeper into these matters would require time they will not have and brain power that they cannot spend becuase they'll have exhausted it all on their long arduous work related tasks.