You are talking about television. Television is full of manufactured drama. People get bored and consume drama so television manufactures it.

Portland, OR is easy and has some nice carpet

We need a moon mission to find out if the cat is alive

I learned this from nearly every episode of Perry Mason

Yes they were operating in secret. There are many examples of their infiltration, such as the Cambridge Five.

In the quote he says he’s talking about the Cold War.

Russian and Chinese communism

Because someone keeps buying them 10 at a time