Reaching People Who Have Discarded the Truth

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Aug 13, 2025 · 6m

They say that the truth hurts. I'm inclined to agree.

Recently, in trying to talk about the state of our nation with people whose primary source of information is Fox News, I’ve been reminded once again that they are living in an alternate reality. They are operating with core truths that simply do not exist.

In this media-constructed fictional narrative in which they now live, Trump is not a convicted felon or court-adjudicated rapist; he is not indiscriminately targeting people of color through ICE; he is not in the Epstein files, his party is not dismantling our systems and safeguards to…