There was plenty of fake news / ideas spread before the internet. The mechanisms were different, but impactful just the same. It also goes without saying that,

There was plenty of fake news / ideas spread before the internet. The mechanisms were different, but impactful just the same. It also goes without saying that, had Clinton won, this conversation wouldn't even exist, despite the wild amounts of false information about both sides, and the results, that is said about the election to this day. As an exercise, write down everything you believe about the demographics that voted for both Trump and Clinton, then compare that to the polling done by CNN.