Nick Schifrin:

When you hear the term fake news, you probably think about how it's used often today by President Trump, but it's actually an old term used by the Soviet Union as a reference to disinformation campaigns that the Soviets and now the Russians have long used to destabilize the West.

It worked before, and it's working again now.

That is the tale told by "Operation Infektion: Russian Disinformation From Cold War to Kanye," a riveting three-part series released by The New York Times' Adam Westbrook and Adam Ellick, who joins me in the studio now.

Adam, great to see you. Thanks for being here.