Well, what do expect when FaceBook??? is listed as the top source of 'news' by many people....

I have spoken to people in the USA list only breitbart, infowars, hannity, etc as their news sources....I get the sense of, is that they were not former readers of the Financial times, the NYT, etc..

What I think has happened is that a great swath of people who never paid attention to the news have now tuned into the 'infotainment'  that these sources have successfully provided. 

Alex Jones recent divorce/custody case were his attorney pointedly stated his client was an 'entertainer' and thus no one could possibly believe anything he says as real or serious.....speaks volumes about this phenomena