The implication here then is that a stupefying proportion of Canadians have "lousy critical thinking skills", because even an associate professor of marketing f

The implication here then is that a stupefying proportion of Canadians have "lousy critical thinking skills", because even an associate professor of marketing from the article was, quote: [...] initially taken in. "I was convinced that this was a real character and had a real story that he was trying to tell in his little eight-second videos," he said. I don't disagree with your assertion; rather, I find it an understatement.