Trump is absolutely right that most of what you read in the press is “fake news.”

Don’t have a fainting spell but it is true.

He’s not right about why it is fake news, or what the fake news is for the most part, but he’s not wrong in the general apprehension. Most journalists have little understanding of that on which they report, and furthermore they report what is corporate-friendly almost exclusively. If they do report something that is not approved with a corporate and advertiser stamp (de facto) it’s usually couched in such vague language or equivocation (“Experts say climate change might kill us all, but some guy with a HVAC cert says it might not”) that it doesn’t much matter if the facts are somewhat right. And, you know, they usually aren’t.

Any area where I’m an expert or have significant knowledge, it’s clear to me that most mass media stories are obviously just a complete hilarious hogwash of misused terms, misunderstood claims, and with no technical grounding at all.

So I know centrists and liberals will hate to hear this, but yes, even most of your prized outlets are chock full of corporate-approved propaganda, outright ridiculous lies (Iraq has WMDs!) and state- and corporate-backed propaganda efforts.