If you change the way that you consume news, this is less of a problem. Stop visiting the aggregators like Google News. Stop believing anything you read on Fac

If you change the way that you consume news, this is less of a problem. Stop visiting the aggregators like Google News. Stop believing anything you read on Facebook that is not from a publication that you consider reputable. There will always be people who are easily influenced because they refuse to take the time to understand the provenance of the information they consume. This has always been true. But if you truly consider yourself "an independent thinker" (which is why so many Americans claim to be "independents") you have to consider the trustworthiness of the outlets feeding you information. You can't outsource that decision making to anyone else like Google or Facebook.