We are being lied to so much that we can't even determine where we stand.
Totally agree. This is definitely what they are aiming for. The point of Fake News isn't to establish a new truth, it's to muddy the waters so much with so many conflicting truths that no-one is certain of anything any more. If they can erode all of our convictions, we become much more easy to manipulate.

(see my last post
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3000105.msg52929886#msg52929886 )