Welcome to the internet, all of the things you read here may or may not be true. What is one to do in these treacherous times? The same thing you do with ever

Welcome to the internet, all of the things you read here may or may not be true. What is one to do in these treacherous times? The same thing you do with every other interaction you have with people. Weight the information provided with credibility factors based on context, delivery, bias, historical data about the source etc etc. Either Mister Cutts has built up credibility for you over his many contributions, or he has not. That's your call.