"Those inside the rightwing media cocoon will never get the true story about anything they’re doing."

This really is the root of the problem. Republican politicians know they can get away with almost any amount of bullshit and not be held accountable. FuxNews and the rest of the hermetically sealed rightwing media bubble will simply not tell their viewers what is really happening. Whatever outrages occur (e.g., the attack on the capitol, the absconding of classified materials, the massive Trump org tax and banking fraud, the Georgia election pressure campaign, the sexual assault civil suits, extorting Ukraine for personal political gain, welcoming and encouraging the Ruskie attack on the 2016 election, breaking the emoluments clause by catering to foreign nationals while president, calling white supremacists very fine people, wishing Ghislaine Maxwell well in her sex trafficking trial, etc etc etc...) are simply ignored or twisted into Democratic conspiracies and/or lies.

No accountability to their voters gives these assholes a free hand to say one thing and do another. I recently tried to convince my mother that it was republicans who opposed the prescription drug law that recently passed. She didn't believe me because she didn't hear it on "the news." I spoke to a friend and mentioned that the America Rescue Plan Act included massive funding for states and localities' first responders, including billions for police depts around the country. His response was that the government lies. I pointed out it was a matter of public record, the law was voted on and passed by Congress. He said the public record is a lie. This is what 25 years of FuxNews does to people's brains.