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Someone incorrectly said that was no longer being used by me. we'll always be trying to drain the swamp. >> i made a big boo-boo. i talked with president-elect donald trump and he reminded me he likes draining the swamp. i mischaracterized it the other day. >> reporter: other trump loyalists rewarded with kellyanne conway named counselor to the president while sean spicer selected as white house press secretary. one of a slew of new staffing appointments. his children, they're making moves designed to tamp down on questions about conflicts of interest. trump's son eric explained to the "new yo...

Kellyanne conway and trump's son eric who shared it on twitter. >> we have an epidemic of false information racing around use social networks as the accelerator. >> the pope endorsing trump, fake. fox's megyn kelly fired for back hillary clinton, fake imt linked to crime by anthony weiner. >> fake. that was tweeted by michael flynn. trump's pick for national security adviser. staffers at social media giants are doing some soul searching. though zuckerberg says trump's election was not his fault. >> personally, i think the idea that fake news on facebook of which it's a very small amount of the...

A fake, registered to a domain in colombia. it was a hoax which tricked kellyanne conway and trump's son eric who shared it on twitter. >> we have an epidemic of false information racing around, using social networks as the accelerator. >> reporter: the pope endorsing trump -- fake. fox's megyn kelly fired for backing hillary clinton, fake. clinton linked to crimes by anthony wiener, fake. but that one was tweeted by retired general michael flynn, trump's pick for national security adviser. now staffers at social media giants are doing some soul searching, though facebook ceo mark zuckerberg s...

Eric, too, ultimately deleted it, but not before his hundreds of thousands of followers could see it and maybe take it for fact, let alone who took the link and reposted it on their own facebook feed. i'm joined now by two reporters trying to unravel this fake news situation, kate dewey and shera frankel. she's been following facebook's response to this fake news item. katelyn, i'll start with you. he makes his living doing it. explain his job. >> it's a really fascinating business model. essentially it works similar to how any media site makes money on line in that he runs display advertising...

Today speaking about what appears to be a growing problem of fake news. here's an example of how a false headline makes the rounds. so back in march when kory lewandowski was his personal manager, it led here. donald trump's protester speak out. i was paid $35,000 to speak out against donald trump. that's not actual news. here's the gist. the story is totally bogus. it started out in the mind of this guy, paul horner. for the past few years, he's actually made a living off of viral news hoaxes. and that fake news went out to lewandowski's thousands of followers. he later deleted the tweet, but...