I have lived long enough to observe the transition of News to Entertainment. When I was young the FCC required Television stations to provide a certain amount

I have lived long enough to observe the transition of News to Entertainment. When I was young the FCC required Television stations to provide a certain amount of pro bono programing because they were using a publicly owned resource. News was part of that. It simply was not a source of revenue back then. Public resources such as TV frequencies are now auctioned. The owners have no pro bono requirements any longer. Cable News' 24/7 Eyeball grab search for revenue has changed the game forever. The internet has lowered the Bullshit barrier to a new low. An individual like Alex Jones can literally go to Amazon and buy a couple hundred dollars worth of equipment and start an internationally available cesspool of disinformation. Just as the covid unvaccinated are dying in the hospitals the infotainment unvaccinated will fall prey to conspiracy.