Mediagazer: Despite media handwringing, fake news has been around since news became a concept 500 years ago with the invention of print, often provoking violence (Jacob Soll/Politico)

10:35 PM ET, December 20, 2016

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Jacob Soll / Politico:

Despite media handwringing, fake news has been around since news became a concept 500 years ago with the invention of print, often provoking violence — Bogus news has been around a lot longer than real news. And it's left a lot of destruction behind. — The fake news hit Trent, Italy, on Easter Sunday, 1475.

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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

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Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Media outlets, which are at risk of getting played by Trump, need to challenge the President-elect instead of going off the record with him

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