And that's the really sad part of it all. Nobody knows what is real and what isn't anymore. It should be clear to everyone what is fake or misleading and nobody should have trouble universally defining it, but we have been gaslit so much that people can't tell anymore and it's nearly impossible to truly fact check anything because the sources for fact checking have been gaslit too.
And frankly, the problem is us. People believed everything they read or saw for so long it was easy for the gaslighters to come in and make us all believe anything they want. And, we all like to believe that we are the exception and we can't be fooled but we all can and we all are.