In Russia the people knew that the press was reporting propaganda.
The only difference in The US is the people do not know that their news is only propaganda.

In fact, most americans think that the news is factually based.
And when you bring up the times that CNN, etc. lied, made up stories whole cloth, these people will not believe you are just brush it off as it was only one little case.

I can't watch TV news without yelling at the TV. "Liar! Stop Lying!"

We never even found out the truth about Obomba's birth certificate.

How much more evidence do we need before everyone understands that voting is useless?