When a Friend is "Media Manipulated"

How do you tell a friend they are being manipulated by the media without sounding condescending? It is not possible to say you're being manipulated by the media without sounding condescending, even if they are being manipulated. So this is what you should do. Say, you know, I think the world of you, and we obviously differ on some things, so What I would ask you to do is listen to things, watch things, read things that you don't agree with. That's— so you're making a request and say to them, by the way, I will do the same if you want me to. So, you know, read this book, read this article, watch this video, listen to this talk, and then let's have a discussion. I think that's the more, the more positive way. If they refuse to, then you could say, then maybe you're, you're allowing yourself to be unduly influenced by what you already agree with. You know, put it in a, in a more delicate way like that. The ease with which people can be led to believe really, really absurd and sometimes evil things is a very sobering part of the human condition. That there are millions of Americans, almost all secular and almost all well-educated, who say men give birth, who believe it is right for a man who says he's a woman to compete in women's sports. Proves that if something is said frequently enough, people will believe it. That's proof, if you ever needed proof, that something said often enough, no matter how bad and absurd, will be believed by a lot of people. So we have our work cut out for us.