Fake News

Our news habits are in transition. Fifteen years ago, we got almost all our information from a limited number of print and broadcast channels. Now, there are innumerable online TV shows and blogs and opinionated YouTubers. Some of them bring a degree of specialist knowledge to the reader that was inaccessible in the days of the old media. Some are borderline insane. We can't always tell which is which.

Columnists

The real point of ‘fake news’

October 23, 2017 4:01 am

Twitter recently blocked Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., from promoting a campaign ad. Her

Campaigns

Will Washington pressure Silicon Valley to quell free speech?

Dan Backer -

October 23, 2017 4:01 am

Carter's critique of the press is similar, albeit less extreme, to that of Trump's. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

News

Jimmy Carter: Media hard on Trump, feel free to claim ‘without hesitation’ he is ‘mentally deranged’

Daniel Chaitin -

October 22, 2017 4:10 pm

News

Trump: ‘Fake news’ message ‘finally sinking through,’ citing poll

Naomi Lim -

October 22, 2017 1:33 pm

In the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Clinton leads with 48 percent support to Trump's 41 percent. (AP Photos)

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Trump: Facebook was on ‘Crooked Hillary’s side’ during 2016 campaign

Mandy Mayfield -

October 21, 2017 10:29 pm

White House chief of staff John Kelly Thursday called Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., and her media campaign tasteless. It was, and the press helped her. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

John Kelly shames the shameless media

Eddie Scarry -

October 21, 2017 4:01 am

In its most recent misstep, Newsweek's social media team tweeted a misleading headline:

Beltway Confidential

Newsweek ‘fact check’ denies Russian payments to Clintons, even though payments happened

Becket Adams -

October 20, 2017 7:45 pm

Democratic donor Tom Steyer has said he's launching the campaign to

News

Democratic donor Tom Steyer launches campaign calling for Trump’s impeachment

Melissa Quinn -

October 20, 2017 4:52 pm

Fox News aired a segment on Oct. 8 featuring John Garofalo, during which the Navy veteran showed off a glass and bronze presidential seal he made for President Trump. Garofalo later admitted he lied when he said he was a Navy SEAL who served in Vietnam and was awarded two Purple Hearts. (screenshot)

National Security

Fox News apologizes for airing piece highlighting fake Navy SEAL

Melissa Quinn -

October 20, 2017 3:15 pm

Magazine

Iran-Iraq War on the Kurds

Kelly Jane Torrance -

October 20, 2017 7:30 am

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Tag: Fake News

The real point of ‘fake news’

Jimmy Carter: Media hard on Trump, feel free to claim ‘without hesitation’ he is ‘mentally deranged’

Trump: ‘Fake news’ message ‘finally sinking through,’ citing poll

Trump: Facebook was on ‘Crooked Hillary’s side’ during 2016 campaign

Fox News apologizes for airing piece highlighting fake Navy SEAL

Iran-Iraq War on the Kurds

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