The WMD fiasco was certainly an example of fake evidence being used to push an agenda, I won't deny it, but there was at least an effort made there to construct

The WMD fiasco was certainly an example of fake evidence being used to push an agenda, I won't deny it, but there was at least an effort made there to construct a plausible narrative. Just today there were additional accusations made that microwave ovens are used for spying. Zero plausibility. Zero effort made to relate this to the real world. The "Trickle Down" theory has, at its basis, a firm belief that empowering the rich will be better for America. Maybe it's a flawed theory, even a harmful one, but isn't intrinsically anti-American. Even in the worst days of the Bush administration, and there were plenty of those, it was utterly unthinkable that they'd wholesale sell out the country to a foreign power. So here we are. The line between fact and fiction is blurred because of the volume at which the lies are shouted and the frequency with which they are repeated. The press is partially guilty here, but so is the public for not taking a second to go "you know, that doesn't sound right."