""The fake news that we see pumped out of this building on a day-to-day basis it's honestly overwhelming to keep up with it all,""
""dropped a flamethrower on the Fake News Media.""
""When the language that is being used on the website looks like a smear campaign [and] smells like a smear campaign, it probably is a smear campaign," Jacobsen told DW."
""And I can't overstate how concerning that is.""
The White House created a 'Media Offenders' website that lists media outlets and reporters alleged to publish false, biased, or misleading stories. The site includes featured "Offenders of the Week" and a multi-page "Hall of Shame" that sorts reports into categories such as bias, lie, false claim, malpractice, omission of context, mischaracterization, circular reporting, failure to report, and "left-wing lunacy." Daily media coverage was characterized as "fake news" and described as overwhelming to track. The site was framed by the administration as a forceful rebuke of the media, while press freedom advocates called the effort a smear campaign and expressed serious concern.
Read at www.dw.com
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