Absolutely....sad but frightening reality how a large proportion of Americans are getting conned by demagogues and spin masters...
Coincidentally, I happen by chance to be flipping cable channels over the weekend and got on to FX which was screening The Loudest Voice...never heard about this series until the weekend...fascinating stuff on Roger Ailes and FoxNews with Cameron Crowe playing Ailes...so sad yet so chilling to see how Ailes was able to transform the national political narrative in America with FoxNews...and how from 1996 this finally led to 6th Jan 2021 and beyond...objective facts get thrown out the door...to be replaced with relative 'truth' and alternative facts....again I return to what Ted Koppel told Sean Hannity...that Hannity is bad for America because he is so good at what he does, which is to masterfully spin the relative 'truth' and alternative facts...
It all began with Roger Ailes. He specifically was ordered by Murdoch, or if you have seen
Succession as yet, Logan
to reach the "rednecks in Arkansas" and tap this market, tell them lies, etc drum up their resentments, play to their prejudices etc. Murdoch was upset that his Channel was not getting the viewers that Ted Turner was getting at CNN. Next thing you know Fox News began to peddle the dangerous nonsense more than 10 years ago that gave rise to the fact that 74 Million People actually believe any of this dribble.
Facebook, Twitter, Google, protected by Section 230 are also to blame but I was laughing so hard when they started to ban the disgraced ex President and the "Trump Terrorists"
If you look at the old guard the walter kronkites, dan rathers, Ted Koppels, it no wonder that they are disgusted AND even ex FOX news Anchors regret their actions.
Joining Oreilly and others, Veteran 23 year Fox News 7:00 Anchor Sheperd Smith gives a scathing rebuke to Fox, why he left and asks his former colleagues like Hannity and Tucker Carlson, "I dont know who they can sleep at night" OUCH
Murdoch (Or Logan) is now panicking with the loss of millions of Fox Viewers. I wonder why