Personally, I blame the rise of paid shills for the rise of accusations of being a paid shill. It's hard work imagining what mental gymnastics people do to rat

Personally, I blame the rise of paid shills for the rise of accusations of being a paid shill. It's hard work imagining what mental gymnastics people do to rationalize a career spreading lies. Not so much the people who desperately take the job of repeating them, but the people who strategize around what they can get the public to believe.