How might media and politics actually work to fool the eye?
Well, when you watch a master of illusion create one, then maybe it can become more clear to you about how reality can easily be manipulated to present a false idea of reality that really can't be true in the end.
And yet, the show goes on and people are easily convinced that what is being presented is both real and factual and then, they form opinions and behave according to what they have been led to believe. It is not magic, and yet, it is when you consider how deep and profound manipulation can be. There is a lot of money and power at stake, so if you consider this show as a representation of what is possible on a larger scale, you might think twice about what people are trying to convince you of and how your concepts and beliefs play into a grand facade.
Sure. It is only a show. It is just entertainment. But wait, there are so many shows and we are experiencing so much entertainment in so very many ways. How much of our reality is the trance? Who is in the trance? Are the people who easily succumb to the trance in this show just gullible, or are the just more flexible in relation to reality and their egos than the people who are playing the "audience" who are there to be "entertained" by the show? The rest of us might label them more gullible while trying to feel more realistic about everything. That kind of projection is helpful in supporting a consensus.