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They had in the past and equally no surprise that republicans are increasingly skeptical. now, republicans have always been skeptical of the media writ large, the mainstream media as they like to say and for good reason. the mainstream media has been largely liberal for a long time. now, of course, you and i know the rise of fox news has sort of put a dent in that argument because conservatives certainly have a huge platform and position and a big microphone through fox news and -- and conservat...

Politifact says thats the lie of the year. yes, the claim that trump has made over and over again, that russian interference is a made-up story. politifact says that was the biggest whopper of them all. joining me now from washington to discuss this is the editor of politifact. angie, great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> you had so many options to choose from this year so why this one on the list of shame? >> well, it was repeated over and over again by president donald trump. he would ...

People need to act on and that they care about every day? and while, you know, we in the press do have something of an obsession with washington, that the rest of the world and the rest of this country have many, many other incredibly important issues that have to do with their own lives, with employment, with health care. you know, "usa today" network today -- as i mentioned, "usa today" is the flagship. we also have 109 local news organizations. and these local news organizations, half our aud...

Listen to independent journalism. they see their political identification as part of who they are, and so, no, they are not open, and i dont think fact checkers are going to reach those people, but our reports might reach their friends, their family, people who could influence them and what were hoping to do as fact checkers is just get accurate, credible, vet the information into the hands of voters so that they can make better decisions about who they want to support and how they want to see t...

That he is the only entity that is -- that is trusted by the public. the popular dictator tactic frankly, not to sound, you know, overly dramatic. it is what people do, but with particular -- with particular attention to the press. he is really trying to erolled trust, and it seems to be working. >> he used the "d." word. ive been thinking about the "a" words. autocrassy. there were a lot of concerns earlier in the year about whether we were seeing an authoritarian drift led by trump. frankly, i...

Million illegal voted. >> forgot that. forget all of that. >> forget he said and change the the subject, but i dont think we should forget it. after all, this is part of the reason why the government set up a voter fraud commission. to this day trump continues to tout his electoral college victory, you know, during his first and only solo press conference at the white house back in february he said he had the biggest electoral college landslide since ronald reagan and during the press conference...

Checking because weve seen survey data that says that trump voters are very suspicious of the media generally, and they are also suspicious of fact checking so we thought if we met them hand listened to their concerns we might learn better ways to do our job. they could hear about how we do our jobs and maybe be more open-minded to our reports. and the interactions were very positive. its like when we get out from behind our computers and sit down face to face with people and have a conversation...

Question, and its an ongoing issue for newsrooms. so lets bring in an all-star panel of decision-makers and newsroom leaders, sally busaby is the executive editor of the associated press, john avlon is daily editor of "the daily beast requests" as well as analyst here at known and joanne lipman is with the usa network and editor of "usa today." and author of the upcoming back "thats what she said." lets talk about trumps attacks on the media and the responses. this is your first year as editor o...

Wants to project a winning image. thats why i think the single most inconvenient truth of the trump era, the truth he cant escape is from all the way back last year. remember 2016, losing the popular vote to hillary clinton, losing by millions of votes contradicts all of the white houses claims about how the american people spoke and chose him so strongly. so for chump, well, he opts for an alternate reality. one. very first leaks of the year, one of the very first things sources anonymously tol...