Mr. Speaker,

It's easy to separate the reflexive (and nonsensical) comments from the thoughtful. All one has to do is ask for a list of credible news sources. Really, it's that simple.

Of course, a list is never provided, and can never be provided because the point of intentionally crafted misdirection is not to lead us TO sources of information, the point of such misdirection is to lead us AWAY from sources of information, and leave us as victims of the propagandist. (Yes, friends, there are actually classes on this particular technique of "managing" online discussion forums.) If the propagandist simply keeps "shooting the messengers", eventually the only only word left is that of the propagandist. Often, there will be two working in tandem; one to negate reports ("no one knows!"), the other to offer speculative--but, again, unreferenced--alternatives which fit the propagandists' agenda ("I have heard...read...Everyone knows...").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare