As Trump announces ‘Fake News Awards,’ GOP senators assail his attacks on the press as anti-democratic
By Noah Bierman | Tribune Washington Bureau (TNS)
January 18, 2018
Filed under National News
On a day President Donald Trump promised to deliver "Fake News Awards," two Republican senators as well as several Democrats warned Wednesday that his unceasing attacks on a free press are undermining a fundamental tenet of democracy and emboldening despots abroad. Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who...
Editorial: In age of ‘fake news’ we must hold the president accountable
By The Pitt News Editorial Board
July 12, 2017
Filed under Editorials, Opinions
Fake news is like a bad game of telephone — one source reports their truth, then everyone else runs with it, imparting their own spin upon it. Serious problems arise when people get their news from just one source, because that source could be the last person in the line. And when the presiden...