I have been wondering about something the past couple of days.

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3. Yeah, spot on

I can't say Fox is solely responsible for the rightward tilt ( jolt really ) but it sure is a clearing house for RW talking points.

I like this:

"some people do not feel the need to go any where else for their news thus continually reinforcing their innate racism and actual hatred for anyone espousing even the slightest so called liberal positions on issues"

As it happens, I'm just back from a vacation visiting some family and their friends, most of them hard-right wingers; so it's still fresh in my mind. That quote is the exact dynamic that I noticed. Their opposition/other side/boogeyman doesn't reflect reality at all: They're all caricatures formulated inside their bubble...and boy do they feel besieged. They're out of touch and don't even know it because the confirmation bias from watching Fox steels their resolve all the more. They're going to get their collective asses kicked in 2016 ( as they did in 2008 & 2012 ) and still think everyone else in the country is crazy but them.