People need to not be idiots . Straight up . I have never been fooled by a fake story to where I go share it . Why ? Because every single story I ever share I do quick research on to make sure its true before putting it out there . It is really easy to do . But hey , I come from an academic background where quoting your sources is a must . Most people are uneducated morons who just want to parrot and say I knew it ! . They want to be fooled , they are so caught up in their narrative and they are lazy . IMO Fake news is NOT the problem , fake news just EXPOSES the problem , and the problem is and will always be stupid people . Fake news didn ' t wini the election for Trump . Hillary being a robot with no message and no passion won the election for Trump . Romney lost , Gore lost , McCain lost for the same reasons . No personality , no message , no passion , while their opponent was affable and had passion in their message . But embarrassed democrats lost to a carnival barker reality tv show host internet troll so fake news was the problem . Zzzzz .