It's just a wild guess, but I got this thought: The recent fake news about the Tillerson firing don't seem an accident to me. My theory is that Donald Trump and his inner circle deliberately spread fake news with the purpose of deny the same later and accuse the media of fake reporting. The perfidious strategy behind this is simply to destroy the media's credibility. Once that is done, he thinks he can get away with lies, false statements and potential other misbehavior; let alone the whole Russia investigation.
Thoughts on that?
I think its mostly true. I think it's slightly more complex because they also float information to see how it might play to their base. If they don't think it's a good idea, then it's fake news all the way.
