The News used to be the news, but no more.  Now what we get is infotainment - not necessarily the news, and not necessarily factual, but presented as if it is both.  The problem is that the average TV viewer can't tell the difference - and the corporations that control the broadcast licences for the outlets that propagate  these "stories" don't care. They lie to advance an ideology.  They promote hate and the sabotage of our country and its laws. If I sound cynical, it's because I am.  I don't know that there's any way out of this morass. [...]