Spot on. Whoever controls the narrative wins.

Believing in fake news is only possible within a narrative --and none of them are new, but come from history and philosophical changes. For example:

People have to continue believing the image of Russia crafted by the West since even before Cold War to accept the fake news about the country, and Putin-as-dictator image (truth is he has to get acceptance from his govt same as Western leaders)

People have to believe in conspiracies of politicians in conjuction with church and celebrities to accept things like pizzagate. And the myriad other conspiracies concocted about the 'powerful.'

Even education can't stop masses of humanity from adopting the reasoning capacity of peasants in the Dark Ages.

I heard someone say "anyone who reads history would never think to ask why we should." It's the only way to think freely in this world; study the narratives and see how they've morphed and where our philosophies stem from.