Go to nytimes.com right now and search for the string “far-right” and then the string “far-left”, counting the number of times these respective phrases were included in an article in the past year. Then, do the same on foxnews.com. Symmetric opposites.

Even readers with relatively low media literacy understand now that mass media doesn’t just give you curated stories about what is happening, they are also telling you how to feel about what is happening. This has probably always been happening but ordinary Americans are more aware of it now.

They are about as credible as the US Supreme Court which claims to apolitically “call balls and strikes”.