Couch potatoes are usually white... white TATTERS*.... They hate the news outlet called BogNews** because it ranks of extreme right wing views which they hate... But the Whitetatters need to feel good about themselves AND BogNews always deliver the ingredients: the Chinese are bad, the Russians are nasty, Israel is good and Labor (Australian Political Party) is presently leading Australia to perdition. America is TOPS...
Mind you, ALL mainstream media know how to massage the Whitetatters' ego... But BogNews is the best at stirring this extra hate and scientific ignorance that makes you feel superior.
Typical subjects but not exclusively propagandised by BogNews will feed the CONVERSATION (another doozy opinionated NEWS supply)...:
— It is our moral duty to destroy Russia...
— We HATE what the Chinese have done to the Uyghurs, Tibet, etc...