Around 6 million Americans watch Fox News each day and relate what they see and hear to their friends and relations.
Fox News is no longer intermediating between the public and Trump. Fox News is Trump. Many of his lies originate with Fox News; Fox News amplifies the ones that originate with Trump.
Fox News's Sean Hannity is one of Trump's de facto top advisers. Trump has just appointed Bill Shine, the former number two at Fox News, as his deputy chief of staff for communications.
No democracy can function under a continuous bombardment of unmediated lies.
So what are we to do, other than vote November 6 to constrain Trump?
First, boycott Fox News's major sponsors, listed here. Vote with your wallet and starve the beast. Get others to join you.
Second, attend Trump's rallies, as distasteful as this may be. You're entitled to attend. He is, after all, the president of the entire country.
Organize and mobilize large groups to attend with you. Once there, let your views about his lies be heard and seen by the press. You can find out when and where his rallies will occur here or here.
Third, sign up for his tweets, and respond to his lies with the simple: "b.s." You can sign up here.
Fourth, write to Twitter and tell its executives to stop enabling Trump's lies. Its contact information is here.
In addition, as the Times' Farhad Manjoo suggested recently, Twitter's employees should be encouraged to make a ruckus -- as did Amazon workers who pushed the firm to stop selling facial recognition services to law enforcement agencies, and Google employees who pressured Google not to renew a Pentagon contract for artificial intelligence.
Twitter defines its mission as providing a "healthy public conversation." Let them know that demagoguery isn't healthy.
Your vote on November 6 is the key, of course.
But as the political season heats up, Trump's lies are heating up, too. And they will sway unwary voters.
So you need to be active now, before Election Day -- on behalf of the truth.
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