‘Fake News,’ Trump’s Obsession, Is Now a Cudgel for Strongmen
By STEVEN ERLANGER DEC. 12, 2017
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, center, answers questions at the Gostiny Dvor studio during the annual “Direct Line with Vladimir Putin broadcast live” by Russian TV channels and radio stations in Moscow in June. Credit Mikhail Klimentiev/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
BRUSSELS — President Trump routinely invokes the phrase “fake news” as a rhetorical tool to undermine opponents, rally his political base and try to discredit a mainstream American media that is aggressively investigating his presidency.
But he isn’t the only leader enamored …read more
Source: The Bangladesh Chronicle
