Headlines were rife with the words “fake news” beginning around the time of the election for the 45th president. According to Google trends, it reached its peak as a search term in January 2018, when the president “awarded” a number of news outlets he disagreed with what he dubbed Fake New Awards in a blog post on the Republican Party website. Though his beef with fake news was detrimental to understanding the realities of news and the purpose of journalism, the former president’s ire was a dogwhistle to many who saw this as an opportunity to develop their own news...
Is It Fake News? How To Evaluate News Sites You’re Reading
