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The end of the 19th century. This has become over the years an allpurpose media antidote. Useful in describing any number of media sins and shortcomings including the scourge of fake news including the scourge of fake news. So what are we talking about here . What are media myths . These are prominent stories about and or by the news media that are widely known and often retold but which under scrutiny, under examination dissolve as apockricful or widely exaggerated media myths. And in a way media myths are cousins to fake news. Maybe thought of cases of fake news that have massac masquerad accurate for many years. They can be thought of as the junk food of journalism. Appealing, alluring, delicious perhaps but not terribly fulsome and not terribly healthy. The junk food of journalism. Some of the features of media myths, these invariably are pithy tales, succinct, short, to the point. And of course theyre media centric. They revolve around media, media actors, journalists. Theyre easi
Enough is enough. We cannot keep America Great if we cannot keep america safe. But will the momentum from saturdays march make its way to capitol hill . For the first time in decades, i am optimistic that we can get something done. Weve also got breaking news. The United States just announcing minutes ago its expelling 60 Russian Diplomats and this includes several members of the Russian Embassy and the United Nations in new york. Well have much more on this coming up. But we begin today with the much anticipated interview with Stormy Daniels. The porn star filling in the blanks on her alleged onenight stand with the president. But she failed to produce any new evidence to back up her story. Were going to dig in to what she did have to say with my panel in just a minute. Back to the Stormy Daniels interview. If you look past the salacious nature of these claims, the tabloid part of it, the critical question is whether there are any legal implications for the president , if there are, t