As the comments on this story indicate, the 'conservative entertainment complex' has conditioned their followers very well. The faithful must avoid “lamestream media” and listen to only “approved” news sources. 
When opinion, facts and nonsense are conflated to have equal value we are entering a period of societal devolution. When Conservative true believers are unable to make a distinction between facts, evidence and fake news we are witnessing the breakdown of democracy because democracy cannot exist without an informed citizenry. 
We are living in a period of civic illiteracy caused by the so called "truth tellers" in Conservative media.