Is the News Media in a Position to Be Concerned About ‘Fake News’?

Michael Horowitz, inspector general for the Justice Department, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington on Dec. 11, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Commentary

For years, the mainstream media has complained loudly about smaller news outlets they consider “fringe,” who have been stealing their audience by offering what they have snidely referred to as “alternative facts.”