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President Donald Trump recently handed out his 鈥渇ake news鈥� 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鈥檚 ties to Russia.
It鈥檚 all a distraction, but has the term 鈥渇ake news鈥� outlived its usefulness?
In this week鈥檚 大象传媒 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鈥檝e 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
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