April 6 — To the Editor:

The Senate is getting serious about investigating the Trump campaign's numerous and dubious connections to Russia and its election hacking. The administration and ally Fox News have gone into high gear in their distraction efforts. One bogus claim after another is being rolled out. And Fox News listeners believe them.

The latest: Susan Rice, United States national security advisor from 2013 to 2017, illegally investigated/unmasked/leaked names of Trump team members and their dealings with Russia. So far there is zero evidence to back up this claim-but Fox takes it as proven.

Fox is the most popular cable news network. Unfortunately, Fox repeats Trump's lies as if they were proven and defends them. Fox listeners believe without bothering to check with more reliable and in-depth coverage from the regular print media or say Public Radio. Both provide what is lacking on Fox: in-depth analysis and both sides of the story.

For a list of Trump's lies, in his own words and tweets, Google “Running list of Trump's lies.” This provides an analysis of what he said and where it differs from the facts. I think you will be surprised. It is a broader perspective on what's going on than is provided by Fox.

Michael Frandzel

Portsmouth