Opinion

Trump: ‘Any Negative Polls Are Fake News’

Ben Shapiro

After Hillary Clinton’s shocking loss in the 2016 presidential election, the left immediately jumped to the conclusion that Americans must have been misled by “fake news.” The term quickly picked up traction in the mainstream media, with the definition broadening from “stories with untrue facts” to “stories that promulgate narratives we don’t like.” Now, people apply the “fake news” label to everything from tweets they find unpleasant to out-and-out falsehoods about reality.

That’s just an indicator that truth has no currency in our politics.

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