I submitted this article because it is a credible explanation for the new populism and the idea of fake news, by an ex-CIA analyst. In less favorable terms than I agree with he explains that the elite always used to have a media and information monopoly. Their truth dominated. But with the internet that is no longer the case, allowing the non-elite to vie for the reins of power and contest the narrative that the elite used to be able to enforce without competition. A rare breath of honesty, I'd say.