spoon-fed

Surely, the viewer can put two and two together on their own to decipher a deeper meaning within the text without the message being spoon-fed to them.

Some of them have been feeding on spoon-fed pap by the rich and powerful for so long that — as A.J.

"I spoon-fed the police," she explains with exasperation as she shows us print-outs of text messages and voicemails.

The broadcasters are spoon-fed a talking point while noting that the Bears have lost nine games in a row, including all three under interim coach Thomas Brown.

He believes viewers should be active participants and not just have everything spoon-fed to them.