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Communications professor Melissa Zimdars made fake news a trending story last week by posting a list (now unpublished) of fake news sites. Ken Doctor discusses how such sites may have influenced the election: "The stunning realization that some voters made their choices based on lies, and that the slim margin in this presidential vote may have profoundly changed the direction of the country and the globe, hit home." Also, why Facebook is to blame, a former Facebook news curator speaks, and a Q&A with Zimdars.