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

    Should reporters think of their readers and listeners as consumers, or as citizens? This week on Hidden Brain, we explore this tension at the heart of journalism.
    by Shankar Vedantam Sep 06, 2019 2 minutes
    A copy of the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News sits in a newspaper box on a street corner in Denver, Colorado.John Moore/Getty Images

    "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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