Fake news is not as much of a problem as bias reporting.
The five “W” once ruled journalism -
I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
Kipling
What happened?
Who is involved?
Where did it take place?
When did it take place?
Why did that happen?
The bias was kept to the editorial page.
Today’s newspaper treat every page as if it was the editorial page. Front page, sport page, social page, even entertainment and cartoons.
No one killed newspapers, they committed suicide.
I remember in the 1980’s Rush describing a journalism conference, where the great majority of journalists surveyed there were Democrat and willing to do advocacy in their work.
He also spoke then of America having lost its common morality.
>>What happened?
Who is involved?
Where did it take place?
When did it take place?
Why did that happen?<<
The new post_Watergate version:
What did you want to happen?
Who should be involved?
Where can you make it look like it took place?
Can you make it look like it happened in the current news cycle?
How does it further your leftist agenda?