The Medium is not a news site, nor an academic site, nor a government site.   If has some talented tale tellers who spin a nice interesting story with little to no foundational evidence.    I will say it's NOT just conservative, it's gathering the angry/odd from all over the spectrum.   It's about like reading The Inquirer only not quiet as salacious.   Appropriate as a reference for the topic of fake news.   

Gee, Hillary backed by the party machinery to win the primary over an avowed independent.   Shocking.    Not much different from George Bush being anointed President because he brought buses from Texas to stuff the straw poll in Des Moines Iowa.   That nomination was over before it started.

I will say Trump broke the mold for both parties.     That's the good part, but we are a long way from understanding what he wants to replace it with.