America the Credulous
Why do Americans keep falling for fake news?
11 min readAug 7, 2018
It feels like forever ago, but the French elections only concluded in May of last year, with Emmanuel Macron securing a decisive victory over Marine Le Pen. Following the success of populist campaigns around the globe — Brexit, Poland, and Donald Trump — it was assumed by some that 2017 would be the year in which the Le Pen family would finally put up…
