This is a known problem with cable news, relevant info from the FCC: https://www.fcc.gov/broadcast-news-distortion https://www.fcc.gov/broadcast-news-distortion

This is a known problem with cable news, relevant info from the FCC: https://www.fcc.gov/broadcast-news-distortion https://www.fcc.gov/broadcast-news-distortion Spreading disinformation from politically aligned media sources is a fundamental authoritarian strategy. Politicized news is used to generate outrage which excites the electorate into participating in elections. There was a good episode of Freakonomics on NPR concerning negative bias in the media and why people respond to it. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-u-s-media-so-negative/ https://freakonomics.com/podcast/why-is-u-s-media-so-negativ... You can't fix negativity, but you can better regulate media to be accountable without infringing on free speech. There has been a very sharp downturn in factual quality and impartiality of information provided by news organizations over the past two decades in the US and we are overdue for a course correction.