It’s difficult to open a social media platform and not see a reference somewhere to “fake news.” The saying dominates President Trump’s Twitter feed, and while his blanket accusations are unfair, the media continues to make it easy for him to drive the “fake news” narrative.

Earlier today, Eddie Scarry reported Jim Acosta erring in citing a supposed “fact” about the intelligence community’s assessment of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election: