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Let's say Fox News reports that Hilary Clinton ate a baby, and CNN reports that Donald Trump sacrificed a kitten to the Mayan god of the apocalypse. 

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It probably says something that I wouldn't have bet money that neither of those things didn't happen...

I get what you are saying in a larger sense. It is impossible to have complete information in almost any real world situation and you cant be certain of what information you have, it might be right wing bull, or left wing fear mongering or what have you.

Even so, that doesn't translate completely. Lets say that Politician A has on his platform: I Politician A, think that gay marriage is an abomination and should be opposed. That isn't nuanced information that you need to sift your information sources to obtain. If you vote for Politician A you are responsible for (even if only to a small extent) the action that Politician. You might have voted for him for another reason, but that just means you have done the moral calculus and come up with infrastructure projects are more important than gay rights. That is a moral decision you have made. I might still decide to have coffee with you of course, but I shouldn't be giving you a pass on it just because you expressed it via a ballot.