A smattering of "fake news" stories that need to be debunked is a really small price to pay if it means we gain a larger portion of the population that actually

A smattering of "fake news" stories that need to be debunked is a really small price to pay if it means we gain a larger portion of the population that actually attempts to think for themselves, question sources and stories critically, etc. I think back to the MSM "glory days" of the early 2000s. Independent sources were nearly nonexistent, and it felt like the entire country happily accepted whatever narrative they were given (see: WMD in Iraq, invasion)