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He further critiques mainstream media and rating systems like Nielsen families, dismissing them as unreliable. The conversation underscores how polls, news, and even supposed metrics of success are often manipulated or outright fake, fueling doubts about the true state of public opinion. Dillon and Kalinsky concur that media narratives are curated, and fake news is not a recent phenomenon but a manufactured construct—originally seeded by figures like Hillary Clinton and then weaponized by Donald Trump for political gain.