These bother me because most people assume something is true because they saw it on TV or the internet. No one fact checks anything or even thinks about it logically and so when they get this sort of confirmation, they only become more deeply ingrained with their own bullshit. Just like that, the world is dumber and it's that much harder to talk sense into people.  Oh god yes.  My mother is like that.  She would not want us walking to places for fear of being kidnapped by child molesters.  On a related note, she's pro-surveillance, voted for Bush Jr., and hates Trump.  And she has fat in all the wrong places. The profile of Daily Mail et al.'s core demographic is obvious when you think about it.