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Stanton, senior correspondent for buzzfeed, and tim pmac, senior correspondent for the daily weis. your reaction to the whole weekend mishmash. the booing -- i was surprised pence even went to the -- this is progressive stuff for hmm. him getting dressed down by the cast and later trump going crazy and pence being a gentleman, acting like a president and the whole thing about "saturday night live." put it all together, this culture war, that trump seems to like and the left, i think, likes. >> i...

Derogatory. >> im nothing going to concentrate on one comment probably taken out of context. im here to talk about what we are as a country. past the political stage. this is campaigning, right? from the folk whose used, buzzfeed, i believe, the k-file folks always anti-donald trump, anti-republican. >> looked at the whole speech. spoke nearly an our hour. the video is right there. let me play another clip and youre hear retired general michael flynn. watch this. >> we are facing another ism, i...

Hard problems. people expect facebook to help us with this and they have a challenge on their hands. it does require some skepticism and some discernment from the audience, who is consuming the content. >> brian, how do people discern who is at the root of some of these stories being spread? particularly the ones that are not true. it doesnt come from one entity. its rather complicated, isnt it? >> buzzfeed reported some of the pro-trump websites come from kids, from teenagers, living in macedon...

Down on the misinformation online, and they will improve the misinformation detection, and make flagging it easier and use the third-party fact-checking, and label potential stories as false. they also faked fake web news sites from buy ing ing advertis. this is after buzzfeed found that face news generated more likes and comments than traditional news outlets in the final three months of the presidential race, but social media experts say that the new strategy of facebook may not be enough. >> ...

Same when you see it on the facebook page or the turn on the television. if everything seems to be the same and no the distinctions are made, then we wont know what to protect. we wont know what to fight for. >> and president obama there expressing the concern-over the fake news in the wake of donald trumps upset news in the e l election, and many are blaming social media giants like facebook for helping to spread misinformation in final months of the campaign, and fake election stories on faceb...

He would have dropped to his knees. >> one more time. he said, mitt, i could have said drop to your knees and he would drop to his knees. we heard those insults back and forth between mitt romney and donald trump during the campaign. but now, the two foes are meeting face-to-face this weekend. a source telling nbc news the 2012 republican nominee is being considered for secretary of state. joining me now, mckay coppins. senior political writer at buzzfeed who has covered romney extensively. that...

Business model. and since then, i mean, anecdotally, it would seem like those figures exploded. buzzfeed did amazing reporting to find that fake stories ran out of macedonia and their suggestions that a lot of these organizations, these hoaxers based in russia who are targeting u.s. audiences. we really have no idea how big it is, but i suspect those numbers will be coming out soon. >> i guess im curious, chera. look, the first amendment is the first amendment, you know? and people have freedom ...

Theyre disgraceful. >> that kind of journalism has a long history in the united states, but i think it also contributes to the long-term decline of peoples trust in the news media. >> it turns out, lying is a lucrative business. >> according to "buzzfeed" fake news story outperformed legitimate ones on facebook in the weeks leading up to election day. >> we have kind of a perfect storm in some ways because the media economy today really rewards stories that go viral, the stories that tend to go ...

Security, on border security, on helping american workers, but its also an urban sort of thing, right? an urban issue. cities where there are more democrats than republicans against the republicans. i mean, its kind of perfect for both parties to highlight both of their priorities. so i dont think either side is really going to be scared of this fight. >> there is a -- i want to ask you about this fake news story thing because i think its so fascinating. we just did a piece about it. a man who h...

Donald trump but also for republicans to try to figure out what comes next. >> all right. jim acosta is also standing by at the white house. we know mr. trump has had a contentious relationship with the press and it kind of makes you wonder what the relationship will be like come january, jim. >> reporter: yeah. yeah, carol, the way i have been describing it, its sort of like we discovered a new species in the animal kingdom. we do not know what kind of president donald trump will be. what we ha...