Everybody’s talking about “fake news,” but is this really a new problem that started with Trump and the 2016 election? We briefly look back at the long, ugly break-up between reality and its representation.
Notes on Episode 12:
- Facebook going after fake news
- Wired: Don’t trust Facebook’s quest to quash fake news
- NPR: France wants to fight fake news
- In These Times: Reagan’s lies
- Ron Suskind’s NYT Magazine story with the Karl Rove quote
- Citations Needed episode 18: Fake News Panic and the Silencing of Dissident Media
- On the Media’s Breaking News Consumer Handbook: Fake News Edition
- Helpful tips on discerning real from fake news, plus a list of unreliable news sources
From Classroom to Newsroom 