News kinda makes us dumb. Its not what we know that is important - it's what we don't know. Now, the main thing to admit here is that FOX has an agenda. They do nothing to cover that up. They are right-wing propagandists and I don't think you can deny that. Yes, they "ask questions that nobody else is asking" but that comes with a whole load of buffoonery. They sell their agenda as news and not opinion. So we have two big problems: we have a one-sided story and it is being sold under the guise of trustworthy news. This is insidious. That isn't to say that other networks aren't guilty of the same.
Back to my first point: news makes us dumb. There's a lot that we miss when we watch the news. Even if we scan the channels and get every take, we're still missing the point. We're learning the facts and not the concepts. Its myopic, but gives use the illusion of knowing more. Another insidious element.
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