It is the modern version of Ancient Rome’s policy of bread & circuses.
Keep the plebeians fed (welfare) and entertained (with reality shows, game shows, internet porn and drivel like this show) and your Deep State SWAMP rats can pull stunts that would have got them hanged or shot about three generations ago.
By the time people discover the SWAMP’s perfidy we are several levels down on the slippery slope
Well put; the widening gap between people who spend hours watching TV (especially daytime TV) and those who work or otherwise spend their time productively can’t be bridged.