Perhaps ridicule was not the right word with which to make my point. That is, if conservatives didn’t call these sources out for inaccuracy, bias, etc., would they get so much attention in the first place?
It is an argument. I think that to ignore the constant lie and hope it will go away is how the country has gone so far down the tubes as it has though.
One of the reasons that conservatives have gained the house, and so many seats in the senate is because of our heightened state of awareness.