There was a vacuum created in the area of manufacturing consent after the election. Mass media had one job - they were supposed to elect a certain candidate. An

There was a vacuum created in the area of manufacturing consent after the election. Mass media had one job - they were supposed to elect a certain candidate. And they failed. Google, Twitter, Facebook immediately noticed and rushed to fill that void. Remember this article https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/technology/google-will-ban-websites-that-host-fake-news-from-using-its-ad-service.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/technology/google-will-ba... ? Right after election both Facebook and Google came out saying they will protect us from fake news. That's a good goal on the surface. We can certainly do without lizard people conspiracies. However the timing wasn't accidental. They basically announced they are the ones who will be willing to manufacturing consent and do a better job than CNN and NYT and friend. Effectively saying "Don't go to them, they failed you, spend your billions on us. We'll make sure your version of truth is the real truth. If we have to ban and some accounts, no big deal, we've got you covered https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/business/facebook-china-guo-wengui.html" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/01/business/facebook-china-g...