I don't know, who purposefully lied to the people treating it like sheep to be shepherded with confident lies and half-truths? These organizations have burned

I don't know, who purposefully lied to the people treating it like sheep to be shepherded with confident lies and half-truths? These organizations have burned through a tremendous amount of credibility by virtue of not being honest about what they did and didn't know. And Joe Sixpack, on the other hand, gained a lot. What are they going to be able to do when he starts using that to peddle dangerous products or make even worse recommendations but now with so much more influence? There's no fastest way to erode the usefulness of a government than making negligent use of its credibility.