> If citizens believe that others accept the labeling of regular news sources as fake, their view that their fellow citizens are unable to distinguish real news

> If citizens believe that others accept the labeling of regular news sources as fake, their view that their fellow citizens are unable to distinguish real news from fake news is exacerbated. And yet, this is precisely what actually happened. The regular news pushed false narratives and came to false conclusions several times in the past few years, and people believed it. Many continue to do so, because they didn't go back to read the corrections and retractions, for those agencies that had the integrity to make them. The distrust was earned, but the people are blamed? I wonder what the alternative verbiage should be, with the reality that "regular" news agencies aren't somehow immune from pushing a false narrative or conclusion. The day that we can't criticize "regular" news agencies, all owned by 6 for profit corporations, is the days that democracy is truly dead! 1. https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control...