Ya, the meme of "the free world", "the greatest country", etc. lend themselves to these ridiculous beliefs about America and it's societal structure.

I find it quite confusing when someone actually references the "news" as a source of anything but fear-mongering, while generally shouting about how at least one of the other major "news" sources is complete lies. Ha!

It's definitely been MANY years since I was even in a room with the news on; even before I began my awakening process, I actively disregarded the news.