Trusted domestic media framing outweighs reasoned argument about foreign sources

Evidence

“But it’s in Fox’s interest, as their competitor, to show them in a negative light,” Omar tried to explain. He felt himself blinking. … “Well, that’s what I see. That’s what I hear.” — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 772

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with the anti-noise book’s theme that pervasive informational overload preempts independent thought — Brian’s ‘that’s what I see’ is ambient conditioning, not analysis.
• QUESTION: What mechanism explains why ‘that’s what I hear’ closes a debate that factual correction cannot reopen — is it identity investment in one’s news source?