My brother was telling me yesterday that he was listening to NPR and they tracked down the guy who was publishing all kinds of fake news . They went to his door and at first he wouldn ' t talk to them and then decided he would . He told them that even though he was a Democrat and a Hillary supporter he marketed his antiHillary stories to Republicans because this is what he said they were an easier target because they didn ' t question and research the stories they just took them and ran with it . Before selling to conservatives he tried liberals and found that they were not as easily gullible and his fake news did not fly . He was only in it for the money and nothing else . Take this to mean what you may . You may blame the news source , but they tracked down the guy himself . I wish I had a link . I will see if I can find it .