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But it looks like news, it smells like news, his fans think its news. they trust tucker more than real reporters. why isnt fox following up? why isnt the newsroom digging into his claims? why isnt the news lroom tryingo prove tuckers theory? those are my questions. let me check my e-mail to see if theres been -- no, still no response from fox news pr to those basic questions about journalism, about basic news gathering. what do you think? are there any answers? with me now is david zerwick, medi...

Say it on fox news, it takes on a mainstream kind of status, at least for people on the right. thats why its so dangerous. >> so lets go into the rhetoric of it and what tucker is actually doing. jennifer, do you this for a living u. living. you teach your students about propaganda. what is tucker doing? is he creating a fight and flight response and what is that doing? >> he is, absolutely. weve known -- rhetoric scholars like me have known since aristotle that emotions are pretty desperate. wh...

Attention to the media you consume. if you feel like your adrenaline is coursing through your body, if you feel on edge, if you feel anxious when youre watching the news, then that news is designed to make you feel anxious, and thats a problem. i think its also important when we talk to our friends and family members who do watch this kind of media, we can be more empathetic to them and realize its not a natural response. they may actually have ptsd where their body is set on high alert so often...