[philiphodgen]

"How do you 'solve' fake news?" is a question fraught with peril.

What does "solve" mean?

What does "fake news" mean?

Is it possible that opinions may vary on what these two things mean?

On these points, reasonable people of good will can have differing points of view.

In my more cynical moments, however, I hear the echoes of the beginnings of the war on drugs. Except far more frightening -- because this is a war on thinking. By people who sincerely think they are doing a noble act.

If you want to do something about the problem, cut demand. Make smarter readers.