Donald Trump took over the phrase fake news – but dodgy journalism was an issue long before him. Has the media always been misleading? And how do we tell the difference between bad and fake journalism? Jacob Jarvis is joined by Andie Tucher, author of Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History, to discover the 300-year-old roots of fake news and why some journalists can’t admit it when they mess up.

“Journalists make mistakes all the time – the reporting on Iraq being a key example.”
“Sin of omissions can be as consequential as active misinformation.”
“There are huge limits on journalists, who often don’t like saying that.”
“Fake journalism is much more worrying than fake news.”

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Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio editor: Jade Bailey. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.

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Faking it: How dodgy news took over the world