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by Ray20 402 days ago
>It doesn't matter what leaks are exposed when it can just be handwaved as "fake news" and enough voters will buy that.

Especially in conditions when you don't have to lie at that.

It's not because voters are so gullible that they are ready to believe any word of a charismatic leader. The loss of trust to the mainstream media and to the scientific community is a natural phenomenon in environment when they only tell lies to push their political agenda.