It started under Obama (remember the beer summit) but accelerated with the election of Tump. From day 1 the msm, politicians , civic and religious leaders used the term “resistance” as opposed to opposition. In the name of “resistance” , many lost their moral compass and accepted that the ends justifying the means. That a lie was acceptable and those pushing it (Dossier, Collusion , misrepresenting the “Good people on both sides comment”Etc) were not only acceptable, to question the accusations meant you were a bad person in need of help. Bari , using your terminology , you know the world has gone mad when a person like Avanati is taken seriously by news organizations. There were and continues to be zero consequences foe those who pushed false narratives - as long as though those narrative helped get Trump out of office. That is why we are here