> But if your entire lens of what is happening in the country is news channels and the Internet, you need a reality check.
Not sure what your point is. How do you think people shape their opinions and perceptions on things if not via media and the internet?
What would this “reality check” consist of? I would move to the US for a number of years just so I can determine whether I want to move there? Should I read the collected works of David Foster Wallace?
It’s perception we’re talking about here. It doesn’t have to be rational nor accurate.