Fleecing Morons Is a Story Old as Time, But Shouldn’t There Be a Limit?

Taking money from stupid people is a business model that dates back at least thousands of years.  As Aesop put it, “A fool and his money are soon parted.”

Suppose you’re selling used cars.  Anyone with an IQ over 80 understands that he’s walking into a lion’s den when he shows up on your lot, and so, arguably, he deserves what he gets.

But consumers of news?  IMO, Fox News has no right to deliberately lie to its viewers, regardless of how unintelligent most of them are, and how poorly they’re regarded by the “news” source.