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A century ago, progressives were the ones shouting 'fake news'

  • Written by Matthew Jordan, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Pennsylvania State University
An 1894 cartoon by Frederick Burr Opper criticizes American newspapers' elasticity with the truth.Library of Congress

Donald Trump may well be remembered as the president who cried “fake news.”

It started after the inauguration, when he used it to discredit stories about the size of the crowd at his inauguration. He hasn’t let up...

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