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The History of 鈥楩ake News鈥� (Part 2)

In the week that President Trump announced his 鈥渇ake news鈥� awards, we ask deeper questions about the world of online misinformation.

President Donald Trump recently handed out his 鈥渇ake news鈥� awards - they went to mainstream organisations who messed up and pundits whose predictions were off, with a special prize for people reporting on very real investigations into the president鈥檚 ties to Russia.
It鈥檚 all a distraction, but has the term 鈥渇ake news鈥� outlived its usefulness?
In this week鈥檚 91热爆 Trending we find out what can be done about social media misinformation - and what impact it has around the world.
Mike Wendling is joined by a panel of experts from Buzzfeed, the Poynter Institute, and First Draft News - people who鈥檝e been studying the phenomenon of viral falsehoods since well before most journalists and politicians were obsessed by it.

Producer: Will Yates
Studio manager: Neil Churchill
Photo credit: Getty Images

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