Or ignore it? If a populace cannot even be trusted to hear bad, false information then democracy starts to seem like a bad idea. I don't mean that as an endorse

Or ignore it? If a populace cannot even be trusted to hear bad, false information then democracy starts to seem like a bad idea. I don't mean that as an endorsement of any other ideology, but having a populace that can process information without it harming them seems to be a basic pillar of democracy.