Fake news

Trump has renewed his attacks on the mainstream media, but does his obsession mask a fear of their agenda-setting power?

How a tweet celebrating Assata Shakur kicked off a spat between the Women's March co-founder and the CNN anchor.

Denmark will teach some 200 troops how to spot false reports believed to be from Russia.

Trump doesn't just watch cable news in the morning. He records it and watches it throughout the day.

While CNN's credibility rating among voters isn't great, it's well ahead of the president's rating.

An influential Fox News report is riddled with factual errors and misunderstandings.

Will the powers of the federal government be invoked to settle a personal grudge?

As the White House increases efforts to stop leaks, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow claims she received false documents meant to discredit the press.

Mixed messages from the GOP, as one lawmaker defends the media while a governor sides with Trump.

The president has repeatedly lashed out at the mainstream media.

Can you tell your Trump tall tales from real reporting?

The video clip is based on Trump's notorious appearance at a 2007 WWF event.

The Trump team is using errors by CNN and The New York Times to discount all journalism, save for stories that serve its interests.

Trump's #AmazonWashingtonPost tweet about nonexistent "internet taxes" is his most confusing since "covfefe."

"The current administration sells half-truths and lies like they're day-old cookies at a bake sale."

The president was not keen for the media to remain for the entirety of the meeting.

No, Radiohead fans didn't actually applaud three minutes of tuning at Glastonbury.

After retracting a story about Trump and Russia and being labeled "fake news" by the president and his supporters, the network is clamping down.

The site can't pivot away from right-wing click-bait to sober, deeply reported news any more than Trump can pivot away from paranoid tweets.

Saudi Arabia cited the false item as part of its decision for a diplomatic, economic blockade on Qatar.

Trump's son claimed CNN and other media outlets staged a protest of Muslims condemning ISIS.

The far right found a new subject for its feverish theorizing.

The ex-Democratic presidential candidate had a glorious comeback to a cutting tweet from the president.

The Kremlin's work with the U.S. would be "much simpler" if Democrats accepted the Republicans' victory at the polls, Putin said.

The U.S. president is back in Washington after a nine day trip to the Middle East and Europe.

Republicans, Democrats and independents all believe news organisations publish stories that are not true.

President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association appear to have a comfortable relationship.

Under Ailes' watchful eye, the network remade reality in its own image. News would never be the same.

Exposing people to a few "alternative facts" in a controlled setting could build up their immunity to serious misinformation.

The president doesn't read much news online—making it easier for staff to slip him stories from outlets with dubious track records.