news channels prefer to feed Americans a constant stream of simplified information
This is how I know what we are fed is false. The information is far too simple, and far too unvarying. What kind of entity has the power to do that, to get news sources world wide to report the exact same few facts? Not one I trust.
This is why I value travel and reading so much @owasco. In a certain sense only when we travel outside our borders can we see through some of the lies we've been taught.