Conservatives Start Calling Regular News “Fake News”

Jeremy W. Peters of the New York Times reports that conservatives have begun calling all mainstream news fake news.

“Until now, that term had been widely understood to refer to fabricated news accounts that are meant to spread virally online. But conservative cable and radio personalities, top Republicans and even Mr. Trump himself, incredulous about suggestions that that fake stories may have helped swing the election, have appropriated the term and turned it against any news they see as hostile to their agenda.”

“In defining “fake news” so broadly and seeking to dilute its meaning, they are capitalizing on the declining credibility of all purveyors of information, one product of the country’s increasing political polarization. And conservatives, seeing an opening to undermine the mainstream media, a longtime foe, are more than happy to dig the hole deeper.”

This is a must read article.

It is also one more example of how simple fixes are not going to fix the dishonesty problem we’re facing in America.