Reportage of QAnon Perfectly Illustrates Fake News I have been a media watcher since the early 90s and have been appalled, increasingly, through the years. It really amped up after Sept. 11. Prior to that, I began to really hate the NY Times because they started burying the lead and beginning stories with about five paragraphs of 'narrative.' This 'contextualizing' of the news was opinion based news reporting pure and simple. Anonymous sourcing, which was verboten in the 80s when I wrote for small newspapers began to evolve based on the idea that you could trust the reporters. As evidenced by Deep Throat. Who turns out to be a guy who was disgruntled when he was passed over for promotion in the FBI. Supposedly  Unfortunately, much as I admire Seymour Hersh, he also really pushed anonymous sourcing saying he couldn't get the stories out otherwise. He also worked on Watergate. But just like anything else the leftists push, this resulted in everyone using anonymous sources and the complete lowering of all standards. The reportage on Q perfectly illustrates all of the problems and tactics of fake news: 1. Clearly not a single reporter has read Q. At best they have looked at a dozen or so posts. 2. No doubt when they write the stories, they look at the stories that have already been written and look for a new angle. 3. Subsequently, there are half truths and disinfo, misinfo and outright lies--all classic propaganda techniques. The stories about Q are like a roadmap. All stories, no matter where they come from, should be viewed through this lens.