It is possible to watch Fox News without the danger of mental illness if you are well educated in the psychology of
propaganda, the history of its misuse (eg. Goebbels), and the actual history of
the United States (not the high school textbook version). Oh, and you also need
to keep the mute button close at hand.
It's not ALL propaganda. The
great failing of our dying democracy has been the inability of conservatives
and liberals to work together to solve the problems of the common people of
this country. As a liberal, I tend to see that as a result of the conservative
lust for power as a means to concentrate wealth in the hands of their
supporters. I'm sure most conservatives think we liberals just want to steal
all their money to give to worthless people. But I remember a time when we
accepted the theory of a "government of the people, by the people, for the
people". We can only get back to that by resolving the schism between left
and right. Split your news watching between Fox News and MSNBC, but also take the time to read real news with the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.
