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President Donald Trump recently handed out his “fake news” awards - they went to mainstream organisations who messed up and pundits whose predictions were off, with a special prize for people reporting on very real investigations into the president’s ties to Russia. It’s all a distraction, but has the term “fake news” outlived its usefulness? In this week’s BBC Trending we find out what can be done about social media misinformation - and what impact it has around the world. Mike Wendling is joined by a panel of experts from Buzzfeed, the Poynter Institute, and First Draft News - people who’ve been studying the phenomenon of viral falsehoods since well before most journalists and politicians were obsessed by it. Producer: Will Yates Studio manager: Neil Churchill Photo credit: Getty Images
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