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Stop The Presses! Newspapers Affect Us, Often In Ways We Don't Realize

This week we consider what we misunderstand about newspapers – from their long history of hype, to the hidden price we pay when they close.
A copy of the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News sits in a newspaper box on a street corner in Denver, Colorado.

"Fake news" is a phrase that may seem specific to our particular moment and time in American history.

But Columbia University Professor Andie Tucher says fake news is deeply rooted in American journalism.

In 1690, British officials forced the first newspaper in North America to shut down

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