niktemadur

the problem is fear mongering by the likes of Fox

And that's how you keep rednecks from red states feeling superior... through outright lying.

Back in the Cold War days, Albania was the poorest and most undernourished country in all of Europe, yet the population believed they were the richest.
The method for spreading this type of lie has been adopted and polished by the right-wing propaganda machine.

Who's doing the work in the fields?
Immigrants, mostly from Latin America.

Blatant hysterical lies do not fall under "news" nor "entertainment", rather under propaganda.