"The fact that people think that they should have any inherent trust of anything you see or hear (especially online) in the first place is a severe negative".

"The fact that people think that they should have any inherent trust of anything you see or hear (especially online) in the first place is a severe negative". This is inherent of our species. The idea that you should distrust anything you see or hear is an alien concept and simply not pragmatic. "Misinformation has always existed and always will exist" False equivalence. The online situation is brand new. Any citizen able to spread massive amounts of fake news to lots of people on the cheap is a brand new capability. "the solution is education" No, it isn't. Every study shows that highly educated people are also gullible enough to be manipulated with fake news. Which makes total sense, as absolutely nobody has the time to fact-check and do a deep background check on the 5 zillion pieces of information they see on a given day.