My in-laws only get their news from OAN and Fox. They were so convinced in March that they were going to be getting $5k Tarrifs that they were already spending it. Other people in their town have already bought ATVs and upgrades to their RVs anticipating it. Fox keeps saying it's coming soon...
people consistently downplay how easy it is for bad actors to manipulatable people are via mass media. I think they want to think better of humanity.
They live far out in the country. The two OTA stations they get barely have news. No local paper anymore, and the next closest one was trashed by Garnett. Radio no longer has local DJs and AT&T pulled up stakes for DSL and only offers cellular broadband. It's depressing what they have to rely on.