spoon-feed


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This is a series that doesn't spoon-feed viewers, but it doesn't plan to deliberately confuse them or leave them in the dark either.
He also asserted that it was not possible to spoon-feed a region only by centre and state sponsorships.
The triumph of style over substance; manipulation of the media; the use of vast amounts of money to swing the vote; and the apparent dumbing down of issues to spoon-feed the electorate were all aspects of Kennedy's 1960 election campaign.
It is hard to determine whether or not his desire to "spoon-feed" his audience stems from a lack of trust in his ability as a poet, or a lack of trust in the reader.
He has been robbed even of the ability to chew, so a nurse must spoon-feed him every meal.