Not to mention the political advantage of framing your opponents base as having poor judgment or lacking discernment by producing fake stories you know they are

Not to mention the political advantage of framing your opponents base as having poor judgment or lacking discernment by producing fake stories you know they are more likely to read, share and believe than your own base. Politics today is far more deceptive because the speed of delivery and feedback for communications allows it to be. Only going to get worse unless a new platform/network/protocol is created for the future of "trustless" news and publications.