Anyone who actually BELIEVES they are doing research and using Google or a search engine alone is a deluded moron.
That is all.

In pre-internet days bullshitters would respond "Hey, look it up!" when asked to back up their lies. Now it's "Do the research."

We also used to be able to rely on Secretaries of Government departments to tell us the truth, not some half-baked, ridiculous excuse for one's own biases and brain worms.

There is a reason for the "Royal" "we". It separates the person from the role. If any of those stupid Secretaries, Directors, or Presidents ever use the first person ( "I" ), it is my belief that they can be prosecuted, probably under civil law, for any and all of the economic, psychological, and other harms they cause individuals while propagating their stupidity. Their office will not be responsible for those damages, since the person caused them, not the (currently undefined) "official act".

The framers of the cConstitution did not make any allowances for lack of integrity. That is the first thing that needs to be fixed when Dems regain power.
Lies, disinformation, misinformation, obfuscations, and 'roses' by any other name, need to have consequences. In campaigns, voter materials, stump speeches, anywhere any expectation of governance arises. It is not OK to yell "fire" in a crowded theatre. We clearly need other limits on free speech. It was never OK to lie to a Law Enforcement Officer either (whether or not under oath): free speech does not cover that.

I wonder if a LEO could prosecute, or sue for damages, due to certain candidates and/or office holders having lied to them.