Cogntive dissonance

Cognitive dissonance is when you don't let facts inconveniently get in the way of your personal narrative, and after the 4th Trump indictment, the right wing outrage media machine was out in force doing their usual spinning.

When you have built an audience based on fabrications it's too late to turn back and so you must continue to lie and talk about 1st amendment rights even if you know the legal case isn't built on that foundation. Instead,  you rely on having done your job well and that your audience will fall in line with your mantra. You count on both their ignorance and gullible natures.

The consequences of internet echo chambers and boutique tailor made media are clear. No country is perfect but when already ideology driven nations ratchet up the propaganda to such magnitudes it is very difficult for truth to exist in the plain light of day for everyone to witness.