That's appalling, really it is. As for the Bawer article which is great, it gives me hope when people who have a much bigger voice than me are speaking truth to power.

It's always of interest to remember that Orwell's experience of working for the BBC during WW2 informed his ideas when writing 1984.

During that particular emergency it became highly adept at presenting propaganda as fact, & never seems to have lost the habit, despite all assurances to the contrary, since.