One thing that I noticed during the 2016 US elections was how difficult it was to find direct information from a candidate, especially in local government races

One thing that I noticed during the 2016 US elections was how difficult it was to find direct information from a candidate, especially in local government races. Most people running for governor, congress, etc. did not have a basic website explaining their stance on certain issues, etc. Some of them only had a facebook page with a series of memes. What we need to do to fight "fake news" and targeted advertising is to fight for the source of real news. We need to stop spreading information via opinionated articles when the actual information is salient enough. We need to reject advertised news regardless of whether it is fake or not, because even the truth is used to mislead an audience.