My own impression of Fox was solidified in the early jet-lagged hours some years back, by a row of experts opining about healthcare. Paraphrasing: "they may have free healthcare in Europe," proclaimed one expert, "but they can't afford new clothes." The other experts adopted serious expressions and nodded.

I could have exercised my veto via remote control... but what a spectacle! So I watched on, waiting (hoping) for more pearls of wisdom about the dangers of accessible healthcare before the age of 65.

Which I suppose is the point. A silly baseless allegation kept me watching not just the talking heads, but interspersed adverts for ladders, machines that exercise for you and all the other useful stuff you Europeans cannot afford but Americans can because their healthcare is so expensive.

Clearly there's money in arrant nonsense and I'm as guilty as anybody of rewarding this sort of silliness. But isn't it just as silly to then complain about that which we incentivize and reward? ;-)