It would be a kind of misinformation to say that the rise of populist movements in Western democracies is exclusively due to the use of misinformation, or that it is a threat to democracy and not a consequence of the retreat from the democracy and human rights values that have marked Western policies over the past decade. Let ‘s say frankly that the rise of racist populism in the Western countries is attributable to the fact that this phenomenon has not been dealt with as a problem from early on.