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Anyone can claim to be a journalist or a news organization, and publish lies with almost total impunity

  • Written by John C. Watson, Associate Professor of Journalism, American University
imageThere are no standards for what it takes to be a journalist.Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

Headlines in early March 2023 implied Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch had made a damning confession. He had affirmed that some of his most important journalists were reporting that the 2020 presidential election was a fraud – even though they...

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