My view is this is because at its core human brain has evolved to not reject reality however weird it may be (bear with me), The problem is that when 'facts' ar

My view is this is because at its core human brain has evolved to not reject reality however weird it may be (bear with me), The problem is that when 'facts' are presented in form of live media (audio, video) the chances of it being interpreted as 'reality' by our adaptive brain as reality is high.. because you just saw & heard it, there in very little space there to inject intellectual discretion there, and even if you do you still have to have a special case for 'that reality'. the best counter to fake news IMO is to not consume any news in a narrated form unless its from a really trusted source & I mean invite-home-and-fireside-chat trusted. I prefer reading news to this. the other benefit is that you can read at your own pace instead of the narrators pace so you have better chance of not missing crucial detail. Second is free is bad, my take away after last election cycle was we need to pay for the news. I got NYT & wapo sub and have not cancelled it since. Just these two things, paying for the news and reading it helps me keep this conspiracy BS at bay.