It occurs to me that for propaganda to work at some level the folks who buy in WANT to believe. I suspect right now, here in America the percentage who want to believe is single digits. Hence the single digits approval of the journalism profession. It would not surprise me to discover no one believes them any longer even the Kool aid addicted know it is a load of BS.
But 44% WANT Hillary to win because of THEIR prejudices and envy and hatred (of white, Anglo-Saxon, religious, Christian, capitalist working American families.)
I know people who are liberal Democrats because they have been conditioned their whole lives to believe that Democrats care about people and want the best for everyone. When they see the propaganda, they take it as truth and never question.
I was raised that way, too, but the inconsistencies between the supposedly all-caring liberal politicians and the policies they supported (e.g. abortion on demand) did not mesh well with my very logical brain. These days, I want proof, not constant displays of "caring."
Ann made another point that I think we should keep in mind: "Most people are highly suggestible. That's why companies spend billions of dollars on advertising."
The media do what they do because it works; because it has always worked for them to some degree. It's largely why the Left has made such enormous progress in this country over the past 100 or so years.