Excellent article and synopsis of the sad state of reality.   For many, virtual reality  has become reality and its manufactured by what they want to believe and not what they observe.  Its then reinforced by others on the internet who share their illusions.  

The media, for all its faults, is still the most credible source of information (even the Globe!) -- but you will never convince those who live in a world of video game politics... they would rather believe the tweets and blogs of con men than the professional media who built their careers on being credible and still maintain some semblance of credibility.  

Some profess to want the truth, but in the immortal words of Jack Nicholson in  A Few Good Men, "You can't handle the truth"!