Back in the early 1970's I sat in a class that had a Government Official of sorts come and give my class a lecture on many things.
Out of the 32 in the class, only 3 of us thought he was full of shit and the others just all nodded their heads.
TV has clearly captured the average person's brain and it happened half a century ago, or even further back.
I still hear Financial Commentators speak of Biden as though he is real. As though he isn't an Actor in a Mask or an Avatar.
98% of the population have NFI about the weather, taxation, military activities, geoengineering, how nutrition and the body work efficiently or inefficiently, who runs the world etc
They have NFI about most things but are experts on the latest media celebrity.