No set of terms has been more popular this year than that of "fake news." Derived specifically from the United States, and made increasingly popular by its President Donald Trump, paranoia has wedged itself quite comfortably throughout the political conversation. And if you're hoping that this is merely a temporary problem that'll simply go away with time, I have some bad news: it's only going to get a lot weirder.

For now, it's fairly easy to determine whether something is actually fake news or not. We have fact checkers, after all. But even then, all it requires is a tiny portion of the population to actually believe in said fake news for it to go viral, increasing the likelihood of it superseding any doubt or skepticism that it's receiving.

We should definitely worry about this because fake news is about to take on both an audio- and video-based format as well. Don't believe me? To prove my point, let's start with this: