The coverup of the CIA-cocaine scandal of the 1980s shows we can't trust the major newspapers to separate truth from falsehood.

However, the situation today, where hate groups and political manipulators fabricate a dozen fake stories a day and supporters take them as truth, is even worse.

I think it is an important insight that this is not a matter of ceasing to care about the truth, but active rejection of unpleasant truths.

As for those that invent and post fake news, they don't believe it. They are lying and they don't care, because they want to win by hook or by crook.

Did you know that, when Trump is inaugurated, he will give everyone that voted for him the ability to fly by holding their arms out to the side? It will be easy for them to try this: just step out the nearest window.