Where The Problem Is

I think Fox News and similar used to be more of a problem (though likely will be again) when other news outlets treated them with respect, as peers. That's still more true than it should be, but not as true as it used to be. Then you had major problems with outlets like Fox being conduits for bullshit, a way information (bullshit) traveled from Fox to other outlets. It's out there, so people have to talk about it because reasons. The pedophile ring pizzeria stories might get people killed (so, you know, scary and bad) but I don't think they really sway elections. It's worth pointing out that Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat (lying) Idiot so that he isn't a regular guest on Meet the Press, but really it's the shit factory that is Meet the Press and other supposedly respectable platforms that are the problem. If I were your benevolent dictator who was not a big free speech fan I'd shut down Morning Joe before I'd shut down Rush Limbaugh. I am a big free speech fan so I would not shut down either, but if I had the power I would order every Dem congressional office to not run cable news all day every day in their offices...