IoI to your family <| sep |> TBH , a lot of the fake news shit is directly in response to the traditional media losing hold on their dominance of the international narrative . This election was so contentious and so biased both ways that people REALLY started to pay attention , more so than almost ever before in a huge number of cases , and the dots started getting connected as to the huge biases present . CNN , for instance , is a very visible example of a network that has basically shot themselves in the foot plummeting ratings , VERY visual bias , ect . The NYT backed Hillary almost completely as well , and recently posted a 90 % loss of profits over expected . Before Bill Clinton , something like 40 media companies disseminated news . Now , it ' s down to 9 , and of those , maybe 3 CNN , NBC , and FOX are regarded as the final arbiters of truth . They know this , they abused it , and they got caught . People are looking elsewhere , so now come the scare tactics . It ' s also totally possible Soros is working this as well .