Fake news not new, not easy to define

Don’t ever trust a journalist who says they are objective. We can only promise to be honest.
Donald Trump has made fake news a hot topic, but it's not a new thing and not so easy to define, writes Angelo Persichilli.
TORONTO—What is fake news? The question is dominating political debates after Donald Trump’s extravagant use of the term. The problem is an old one, though it was never raised before because the news, fake or otherwise, were handled only and exclusively by what we call “conventional media.â€...

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