Conditioning.

       There's an article in the new York Times today titled "Nobody cares The President Is lying" by Charles Sykes. What it comes down to is that so many alt-right news outlets have made the claim that mainline news outlets are lying, that people are beginning to believe it. No, that's not quite true. About a third of Americans don't believe the actual truth any more.
       Then along comes President Trump who takes advantage of this and claims the lying media isn't telling the truth about the size of his hands, his inaugural crowd or his speech at the CIA and almost everything else he says or does. Now another third of America doesn't know what to think. Then Congress, led by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell seem almost to agree with Trump and now another tenth of the population think the nonsense is true. I say a tenth for Congress because nobody trusts the Congress to get anything right.
       What's left is less that a quarter of Americans who still believe the actual truth while the rest don't know, or trust only alternative facts, fake news or outright lies. So news outlets like Breitbart are more trusted by most Americans, while actual true news outlets are distrusted.
       Now, I'm not suggesting we're headed  for a Russian like society, but that's the way Russia does lead its people into believing that which is not true. The people are so conditioned to the government telling them that everyone else is lying, but Putin and the Kremlin are telling the truth and they are alone in doing so. Ever hear of Orwell? Think about that.
       No, he did not win the popular vote but for three million illegal aliens voting against him. No he cannot build the wall and get Mexico to pay for it, he'll stick us with the tab. No, his was not the largest inaugural crowds in history. No, he's not going to show us his tax returns and No he's not gonna give over control of his businesses to independent control. Even Wall Street is beginning to fear him, and with good reason.