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Putin Personally Involved In U.S. Election Hack, NBC News Reports

7:54am December 15, 2016

NBC News reports Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in the distribution of DNC emails hacked by Russia. David Greene talks to NBC National Security Expert William Arkin.

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Fake News Expert On How False Stories Spread And Why People Believe Them

12:34pm December 14, 2016

Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed News has spent years studying media inaccuracy. He explains how false stories during the presidential campaign were spread on Facebook and monetized by Google AdSense.

Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates: 'My President Was Black'

7:58am December 13, 2016

Rachel Martin talks to writer Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new piece in The Atlantic magazine: "My President Was Black: A history of the first African American White House and of what came next."

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Behind the fake news crisis lies what's perhaps a larger problem: Many Americans doubt what governments or authorities tell them, and also dismiss real news from traditional sources. But we've got tips to sharpen our skepticism.

A Finder's Guide To Facts

1:07pm December 11, 2016

by Steve Inskeep

The deluge of fake news suggests we live in a "post-truth" era. But NPR's Steve Inskeep says it would be better to call this a "post-trust" era. Here are his tips to sniff out the suspect sources.

AP Reporter Deported From South Sudan, A Country At Risk Of Genocide

8:53am December 11, 2016

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Justin Lynch, an Associated Press reporter who was arrested and deported from South Sudan for his reporting on human rights violations and ethnic cleansing.

Donald Trump attends a Celebrity Apprentice red carpet event on Feb. 3, 2015, at Trump Tower in New York City.

Trump's Continued Ties To 'Celebrity Apprentice' Raise More Conflict Questions

2:51pm December 09, 2016

by David Folkenflik

The disclosure of the president-elect's involvement on the NBC show instantly raised questions on twin grounds — that it could serve as a distraction and represent one more conflict of interest.

Politics & Government

'New York Times' Executive Editor On The New Terrain Of Covering Trump

1:03pm December 09, 2016

Dean Baquet talks about covering tweets as news, his decision to use the word "lie" in a headline about Trump and why he's not worried about libel suits from the new president.

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A gunman's appearance at a Washington, D.C., pizzeria that was falsely reported to house a pedophilia ring has elevated worries over the unrelenting rise of fake news on the Internet.

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What Legal Recourse Do Victims Of Fake News Stories Have?

9:58am December 08, 2016

by NPR Staff

Real people hurt by fake news can sue under defamation law. But University of Denver law professor Derigan Silver notes that winning monetary damages doesn't undo the damage to a person's reputation.

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Land and sea temperatures were above average in most parts of the world last year, as seen in this graphic from NOAA.

Weather Channel To Breitbart.com: Don't Use Our Content To Mislead On Climate Change

4:34pm December 07, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

The Weather Channel published an article telling the right-wing news site, "The next time you write a climate change article and need fact checking help, please call."

NPR reporter Asma Khalid during a live broadcast. She covered demographics and the 2016 campaign.

Reporter's Notebook: What It Was Like As A Muslim To Cover The Election

4:32pm December 07, 2016

by Asma Khalid

NPR's Asma Khalid reflects on a year covering politics at a moment when being Muslim was seen as a political problem for some.