I knew you were going to post this when I saw it. This is what living in a "post truth" world looks like, isn't it?
A small part. I think part of not encouraging citation is paper costs money and the publisher has none. Write some shit that looks provocative and we'll shit it out for you as a book. I think "post truth" is tearing down the gatekeepers. Then finding out they were holding back a horde of barbarians intent on sacking civilization. Not literally. Just preventing 50 Shades of Grey from being a thing and a poorly Xeroxed newsletter called Info Wars from having any readers at all. There you go cultural libertarians with your optimism about equal dissemination of information. Those are two examples of your success.
I think it's what happens when we cease to differentiate between "alternative press" and "press." 20 years ago you wouldn't see the New York Times quoting or espousing Industrial Research or Delta. Now? Now the President calls Alex Jones to shoot the shit.