NewsCracker

Now perhaps more than ever, the fake news epidemic is on everyone's minds. With an all-out war between the mainstream media and largely-online, less traditional news outlets, the fight has escalated into the national political arena. Millions of news consumers who had once taken the accuracy of published stories for granted must now read with skepticism and decide for themselves what constitutes fake news.

Fake news, of course, takes many forms. Sure, there are the blatant lies and the obviously biased articles. But in the middle lies something potentially far more dangerous: seemingly-objective but selective reporting that gradually molds our minds to turn against a particular group or political party. Does that count as fake news? Mos...