You are right but what is the alternative. Do you think that it is practical to expect people to become subject matter experts on everything? Should they spend

You are right but what is the alternative. Do you think that it is practical to expect people to become subject matter experts on everything? Should they spend their limited free time reading through dozens of articles about covid vaccination studies (e.g.)? No one is going to do that, we are wired to value group think. This is similar to "Thinking: Fast and Slow". We now take clues from Fox News or CNN or Hatebook and if something matches are pattern, we just accept it and move on. The issue is the world is very very complicated and getting more so every day. People just want to get through today and tomorrow. In the end, they don't really care and they won't care until someone they trusts tells them to care. The problem is that the people spewing garbage aren't trying to disseminate information (even with a bias), they are structured specifically to create outrage (faux) that sells more ads. This is extremely profitable and nothing will change as long as that is true. Perception is reality now. If we want to stop this, we need to heavily tax digital advertising revenue. We need people to have to make a choice to pay for this outrage infotainment or do something else.