1. FOX NEWS’ UNHOLY TRINITY

It never fails to boggle the mind that Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight and The Ingraham Angle are broadcast by a network that has “news” in its name. The opinion shows’ hosts are so cultishly loyal to President Trump that Melania is likelier than they are to offer an unbiased commentary. And as much as we’d like to, we can’t just laugh them off as sycophants pandering to 45’s unquestioning base. They promote racism (while Laura Ingraham rode to the defense of a white supremacist banned from social media, Carlson went so far as to call white supremacy a hoax). They throw gasoline on the fires of conspiracy theories, no matter how ludicrous (both Carlson and Sean Hannity lent credence to “Spygate,” Trump’s debunked notion that the FBI tried to undermine his 2016 presidential campaign). They widen the chasm that separates Americans by stoking unfounded fears (in particular, that there’s a movement to replace an aging white population with immigrants). And what do they contribute to the political discourse? As far as we can see, nothing except for misinformation and tacit permission to hate.

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