I ran into an gullible simpleton the other day, who happens to not watch any news. (subtext implication follows) If only had he "watched the news", surely he wo

I ran into an gullible simpleton the other day, who happens to not watch any news. (subtext implication follows) If only had he "watched the news", surely he would have been cured of his condition and clued in to the truth. What would actually happen in practice is that he would be parroting back 'facts' by a news source that would not be to your liking at all. Because the "problem" ultimately is not him reading or not reading the news... it's somewhere else entirely, isn't it? > Just how exactly are you supposed to have a working critical thinking mind when you don't have any data in your brain to lay the foundation for it? Your foundation for reliable data, critical thinking and making "smart choices" is watching the news? No further comment necessary.