to both.

And they are full volume fear,hate,and it is the Brown Skin People who are at fault.

Dammit, that means I'm afraid even when I don't know the topic!

If you want detail, context, expert analysis, and integrity, that's expensive and probably won't keep the stockholders and advertisers happy. So what we get is Big Macs and Bud Light. We're being sold something essentially fraudulent at the lowest possible cost and business risk. Is that propaganda or manipulation or exploitation or fraud, or all of the above?

... ad infinitum.

Not much news or journalism. It's been that way for a long time. Thoreau talked about it long ago. Whitman & Emerson too.

Getting outside, experiencing nature, maybe talking with people with an open heart can be a decent antidote. That and reading history in books.

I think one can sift through and find some good stuff. BBC News, NPR, The Guardian, The New York Times. I'm always interested in what other sources people enjoy for positive news.