I think they both missed the mark. Pratchett says: "there’s no way of finding out whether this stuff has any bottom to it or whether someone has just made it u

I think they both missed the mark. Pratchett says: "there’s no way of finding out whether this stuff has any bottom to it or whether someone has just made it up." But that's not really true. It's not hard to evaluate fantastical claims by cross-checking them with other sources. What I think both men missed is that people would be happy to believe fake or misleading news without cross-checking it if it reinforced their world view.