I think the point GP was trying to make is, the 'good old days' when there was no misinformation was when it was still possible to manufacture consent without y

I think the point GP was trying to make is, the 'good old days' when there was no misinformation was when it was still possible to manufacture consent without your rivals interfering. The current wave of competing worldviews is... one could say difficult to assimilate... but if people evolve better bullshit filters as a result, we'll probably be better off than when we were being fed smaller amounts of bullshit from only one entity at a time. Which doesn't help your family and their weak bullshit filters, of course, and my condolances for their situation - if I knew how to speed up developing such a filter, I'd share it. Edit: Didn't realise GP wasn't addressing you, my comment on your family was meant for someone else - how easy it is to be confused by online discussion even without bad intentions.