Former Congressman Ron Paul responds to his website being listed as "fake news" in an article on the front page of Sunday's 'Washington Post.' Major sites like the Drudge Report and Zero Hedge are allegedly part of this vast conspiracy, as is the Ron Paul Institute. The Post article links to a "study" by an anonymous group as its source for the wild allegation. And that source calls for a federal criminal investigation of these alternative news sources. Is this neo-McCarthyism about to turn dangerous for free speech?





RON PAUL: They're accusing us of putting out fake news, and saying that we should listen to the mainstream media for accurate news. I thought theyw ere going to say that we should listen to the government for the actual facts of what's going on. But in some ways, the government and mainstream media oftentimes are one in the same. If you think about the real fake news that bothers me...



The 'Fake News' that you and I and others have been strongly opposed to has been the war propaganda by our own government. Now that's fake news. When you think of all the lies that we have been told as we were fighting this entry into the Iraq War. But that subject seems to go right past them, they just want to get credibility back.



I don't think the Washington Post has any idea how much credibility has been lost, like this was going to do them some good?

