You won't get any disagreement from me about conservative media (or even some mainstream media.) As for Fox, I seriously think that if they cared at all about the country, they would shut down their "news" operation. But clearly that's just a dream. As for Douthat, I read his columns and he infuriates me regularly, but he's just another elite writing for the Times screaming into the void. I think he fears being straight about the situation, like say, a David French, because he doesn't want to be shunned by all of his trumpy friends.