• How and why communicators should fight the ‘fake news’ scourge

    We’ve all heard the term “fake news” bandied about.
    Yet how often do we consider its implications? It’s not just a journalism problem; this scourge profoundly affects PR pros, too.
    John McCain wrote a powerful op-ed piece for The Washington Post in January titled, “Mr. President, stop attacking the press.” In it, he decries the weaponization of the term.
    One of his most salient comments underscores what that weaponization entails:
    The phrase “fake news&r

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