Ah, yes, the unfortunate side effect of an already troublesome problem. Now that the country has proven that a large chunk of us like to traffic in fraudulent news, any uncomfortable facts can easily be dismissed as fake.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell