In a post-truth environment, The X-Files has gotten political

For the majority of The X-Files’ run, the opening credits end with the show’s tagline, “The truth is out there.” Throughout the series, the message occasionally changed to something relevant to a specific episode, but in the show’s newest season, tailored versions became the norm, with the traditional tagline only appearing in front of two episodes out of the initial six-installment run. The truth has lost its prominence in the credits, just as it seems to have los