how did the older posters here avoid being radicalized by Faux and AM hate radio?

[Midnight Writer]

115. I have a bullshit detector that goes off whenever I hear RW media.

The contradictions (sometimes in the same sentence), the hypocrisy (it's OK if you're a Republican), the arrogant shouting (I am yelling at you because I am alpha and you must listen to me), the lack of qualifiers and nuance (it's all black or white, good or evil), the personal attacks against those they disagree with (pull the bone out of your nose and call me back), the sophomoric "kick-down" humor.

I am an avid reader and a footnote junkie. If you look up their stories on other sources for confirmation, it is quickly apparent they are either lying or misrepresenting nearly everything.

The goal of RW media is to manipulate through outrage, not to inform or educate. When you realize that, you become immune.

I don't like being lied to or manipulated.