I personally don't blame InfoWars or Breitbart [0]. They don't have the institutional backing nor the legacy that the main stream media has. I blame the main st

I personally don't blame InfoWars or Breitbart [0]. They don't have the institutional backing nor the legacy that the main stream media has. I blame the main stream media for virtually forcing a segment of the population to tune themselves out and exclusively follow these far-right sources. I'll give you my own example. Typing "c" on my address bar and pressing enter was a very common thing for me. It would take me to CNN. It was muscle memory. Same for "ny". But in 2016, most of these websites were becoming insufferable and I just started tuning them out. Even I, as someone who disliked Trump, could see the absolute blatant bias and I had the feeling that this was going to backfire very strongly [1]. Some people took it to the other extreme. They got disillusioned by the main stream media but then ended up elevating fringe far-right groups like Breitbart, InfoWars. Those groups didn't become big by spending VC money on ads... they were elevated by a new readership after the dismissal of MSM. Think Digg->Reddit. [0] It's sad that I even have to say this: I abhor what they publish and the crazy radio host at infowars. [1] I actually took out a bet in Trump's favor in Jan 2016 to validate my criticism with my friends.