The electoral college

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19. There is no consensus that Russia orchestrated fake news.

There was a single report in the Washington Post that was largely refuted. While they might have been involved (and I would not be remotely surprised if they were heavily involved), that is not known at this time. While there was plenty of fake news, it is undisputed that at least some of it (and possibly most or all of it) came from people not connected to the Russian government. Publishing fake news on Facebook is a quick way to make a buck for many in other countries.

But it would be irrelevant even if it were. Elections are not overturned subject to people's opinion of media coverage, because that would be an unsustainable system. Republicans constantly complain about media coverage, and would start to accuse major media outlets of publishing "fake news" to overturn elections.

It would also be an unsustainable system, because if fake news meant overturning an election, there would be a large incentive to publish fake news by the side that thought they were going to lose.

If an election is ever going to be overturned, it can't be on a standard that is in any way subjective or easily manipulable. The miscounting of a decisive number of votes in a decisive number of states would be a pretty good reason to change the result of an election. The exposure of information (fake or otherwise) is not such a reason.