I mean, it's definitely not reasonable to say that Fox etc are solely responsible, but I do think Fox has an under-investigated causal role in national/global p

I mean, it's definitely not reasonable to say that Fox etc are solely responsible, but I do think Fox has an under-investigated causal role in national/global politics. I also really like Matt Taibbi's "Hate Inc" hypothesis, which is basically that consensual reality is no longer the business model employed by news organizations to get viewers, its more like contempt and fear of the other. It does strike me that Fox pioneered that, although it seems like the rest of the media apparatus has hopped on board.