Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Trump's 'Fake News Awards' Have a Sinister Subtext

Back off, Mr. President. New libel laws aren't needed to stop real defamation.

January 17, 2018 at 1:00 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

Fake stunt.
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President Donald Trump is firing up a stunt on Wednesday to try to shame news organizations he doesn't like:

It's a cheap ploy, but it comes with a serious, sinister subtext. Trump has been making a case for changing U.S. libel laws to make it easier to punish publishers of news he considers "fake."