We are a captive audience in so many ways. I watch the evening news not for the news but to see what’s being pushed and what’s being left out. Gaza is ignored pretty much and there’s a perfunctory mention of the death toll or latest slaughter but the news quickly switches to some weather report or Trump outrage or something equally vapid. I don’t think Americans really want to know. Anytime I’ve brought up the subject I’ve been told “it’s depressing” or “I don’t like to hear negative stuff.”