Several major stories at least from what I've seen were fake. Like the "PizzaGate" story which was entirely a fabrication that got legs. So, I think there's a legitimate problem but I think WaPo is spinning it to mean Trump won because of fake news which I seriously doubt since exit polls showed most people either decided their vote months in advance of the "October Surprise" crap or within the two weeks before the election (with the majority being months before). The fact of the matter is that modern news is trash whether it comes from the big newspapers or cable networks. No one does their job at least in terms of filtering leads, minimizing editorialization in articles, and keeping the headlines tuned to the subject. Just those three things have really made it hard for me to know whether I was reading someone's opinion or an explanation of the facts.

But the list as mentioned in the WaPo article is really not all that revealing. Some of the sites listed I know some of the people and they're far from Russian paid trolls like AntiWar.com. And Lewrockwell.com? That's Lew's blog for all intents and purposes. I don't like him but wow that list is utter crap. It doesn't target the real problem children like Daily Kos, Federalist, or Free Republic which I've seen them pass crap journalism or unfounded accusations as "news" just to name three news sites I've read in the past.

Yes. The digital equivalents of alien tabloids exist. Did it decide the election? No. It's not some crisis or anything new.

The liberal-leaning media is trying to pull off a sleight of hand and bucket the entire conservative-leaning media with the alien tabloidesque ad-farms.