[mountainlion]

I don’t think much of this “fake news” is anything more than propaganda to produce a first impression that people will believe. Tell a lie enough times and people will believe it.

[Dr. Sivana]

I don’t think much of this “fake news” is anything more than propaganda to produce a first impression that people will believe. Tell a lie enough times and people will believe it.

And that's why Trump counters hard and fast and repeatedly, being purposefully open-ended ("better hope tere aren't tapes") to force his narrative to be the one more discussed.