[zaga_fan]

I've worked in news in some form or another for about a decade now - and the power of social media is a game changer in the way information is distributed.

People share anything they agree with and believe it as gospel. It doesn't matter if the website is called "fakenews.com" or "donotsharethisfakenewsstory.com" - someone will share it.

I don't think fake news stories won Trump the election, because I think the vast majority of people knew who they were voting for to begin with.

What fake stories do have the ability to do, is change the way people think about more specific topics. If you have a candidate that is telling you the election is rigged and fake news sites say he won the popular vote - but every major outlet says he didn't - who are folks going to believe?

Fake news makes it harder for the folks in the media that try to get it right, and contrary to what a lot of people think, there are folks that try very hard to get it right.