The power of suggestion (fake news) can be more powerful than facts if your mind is lazy and weak.
I've tested it myself. I stood in the grocery store milk isle with my phone up to my ear as if I we're talking to someone. I waited for people to grab their milk. Then Id say. "No I don't buy milk at such and such store because they put growth hormones in their milk.
Every single person put the milk back.
Suggestive mind control is actually pretty easy to pull off.
Weak and lazy thinkers fall for it daily. It's the main tool in the marketing industry.