I've often said that the biggest threat to our country and freedom isn't the government, it's the media. The key is the massive flow of information we have now. In the past, something would happen and we'd read about it 2 weeks later in the Sunday paper and that would be the end of it.
Now, though, any idiot can just make a remark, and literally within minutes, a billion people are influenced by it. This is a very, very dangerous situation that really hasn't received much attention. Look at the cities that have burned because of false narratives (e.g. Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Treyvon Martin, Tamir Rice, George Floyd, et. al.) being spread by the media with the force of a nuclear explosion.
Perfect example: Colin Kaepernick (sp?) kneels during the national anthem at a football game. Whoopity-doo, big deal. But within a few DAYS, thousands of high school kids were kneeling during the national anthem at their Friday night football games. A week or two later, college and pro teams are kneeling all over the country. All from that single incident.
We've always held "freedom of speech" in the highest regard, and I was always disgusted by how some countries control or oppress what appears in their news media. But you know, I look at what's been happening here, and sometimes I wonder...................