SHOCKER! Matt Yglesias describes when #FakeNews can be ‘effective’ (just guess)

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There’s been lots of talk about “fake news” this last year, but Vox’s Matt Yglesias is laying down a marker about when fake news isn’t a bad thing: An uncomfortable lesson: Fake news wrongly blaming Ryan for the Speakers Lobby dress code was effective at producing much-needed change. — Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 13, 2017 […]

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Taking liberties: CNN celebrates freedom of the press by misquoting Abraham Lincoln

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CNN is having a bit of a tough time shaking the accusation that it deals in “fake news,” and ironically, the more the network protests, the deeper it manages to dig itself. “We are real news,” insists Jim Acosta, and three journalists resign over a story that the network was forced to retract. And then, […]

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