A third possibility is that there it’s both fundamental problems in American society and wrong information, that make rushing the capital an irrational response to real problems.
Obviously no single news article causes a riot.
But a series of fake news articles cause people to hold false beliefs.
False beliefs lead to bad decisions.
However I agree with you that fake news alone is not the problem.
It’s fake news combined people with shitty lives combined with no sense that the system cares.
I draw you to the last line of what I wrote, where I clearly indicate that there is a lot wrong with America, and that fake news is only a part of what is going on.
It almost seem as though you seem to to be arguing that fake news plays no role in anything.