Seriously with this?
There's one common denominator that you clearly aren't catching here based on your points.
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Like him or not (I think he's a buffoon on most topics) Trump is right that we are in the age of fake news.
As a football fan these days if you want to stay one step ahead of the moves and sort out the BS, agendas, fan paranoia, and crusades you've gotta have a real eye for the game and combine that with sensible logical assumptions based on those outcomes.
With that you never would have stated the above ...