Agreed. Do we still even have a free press? If you publish the wrong article you are sued into oblivion. If you say "gulf of Mexico," your entire organization is blacklisted. If you ask him a serious question, you won't even get a rational answer-- forget about a truthful one.
Because dumb is normalised. Many people are no longer able to read with understanding. To make matters even more interesting, video is no longer reliable. To poison the dumb masses has become something my teenage children can do, without even breaking a sweat. The .01% control the outcomes 😹