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The History of β€˜Fake News’ (Part 2)

In the week that President Trump announced his β€œfake news” awards, we ask deeper questions about the world of online misinformation.

President Donald Trump recently handed out his β€œfake news” awards - they went to mainstream organisations who messed up and pundits whose predictions were off, with a special prize for people reporting on very real investigations into the president’s ties to Russia.
It’s all a distraction, but has the term β€œfake news” outlived its usefulness?
In this week’s ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Trending we find out what can be done about social media misinformation - and what impact it has around the world.
Mike Wendling is joined by a panel of experts from Buzzfeed, the Poynter Institute, and First Draft News - people who’ve been studying the phenomenon of viral falsehoods since well before most journalists and politicians were obsessed by it.

Producer: Will Yates
Studio manager: Neil Churchill
Photo credit: Getty Images

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