when you see someone who attempts to do that even for a fleeting second, then taken down so quickly, it diminishes hope that there s even a possibility that there can be that messenger because the other side is clearly so powerful. yes, it does. it actually does diminish that hope because we actually need fox. just imagine covid and the way that the country responded to a public health crisis, not a political question, but a public health crisis, and fox news didn t begin by calling covid a hoax. then promotes for two months a fantasy treatment of hydroxychloroquine, and then the remaining summer downplaying the threat of the virus, and then now, of course, their antagonism toward vaccinations. it would be a different response, right? and that just illustrates to your point how depressing it can be sometimes. that doesn t mean we re stuck with it. i think part of it is the media and public has been slow to react because we value free speech and they exploit that. they exploit one of
count and we have to move on, and what happens on january 6th was an attack on american democracy and here s the path forward. when you see someone who attempts to do that even for a fleeting second, then taken down so quickly, it diminishes hope that there s even a possibility that there can be that messenger because the other side is clearly so powerful. yes, it does. it actually does diminish that hope because we actually need fox. just imagine covid and the way that the country responded to a public health crisis, not a political question, but a public health crisis, and fox news didn t begin by calling covid a hoax. then promotes for two months a fantasy treatment of hydroxychloroquine, and then the remaining summer downplaying the threat of the virus, and then now, of course, their antagonism toward vaccinations. it would be a different response, right? and that just illustrates to