The fact that religion and politics have become so muddled together, and have made adversaries of us all, is yet proof of the validity of God's prophetic Truth; And of the insidious nature and influence of that ancient serpent, the "Father Of Lies" Satan, who's name actually means "adversary".

For this reason, I won't bother to comment on your use of conservative Christian spokesmen as examples of harbingers of "hoaxes and false narratives"... But I will remind you that Satan didn't just tempt Eve with "The knowledge of both good and evil". He did so by convincing her that such knowledge would make her "As God", which of course was an appeal to her human vanity... and Adam was no wiser.