Paul Farhi, The Washington Post

Haunted by a sense that the news is relentlessly toxic, once-loyal readers and viewers have been gradually ebbing away.

The original stories were published in the wake of Wednesday’s FBI raid of Giuliani’s office and home, as part of a criminal investigation of his activities in Ukraine.

The press secretary, exposed for false statements, may be permanently damaged as Trump’s spokeswoman.

It began with a message - anonymous, of course: "Hello. This is John Doe. Interested in data?"

Militiamen? Activists? Terrorists? In the wake of the seizure of a federal wildlife management building in eastern Oregon by armed protesters on Saturday, the news media have struggled with how to refer to the people involved.

While in Kotzebue last week, President Obama spent about a quarter of his time in an exclusive interview and private photo shoot with Rolling Stone. The encounter wasn't on the president's official schedule.

NBC News anchor Brian Williams conceded on Wednesday that a story he had told repeatedly about being under fire while covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was false.

Writer Caleb Hannan was watching an infomercial touting a "magical" golf putter late one night last year and got curious. A "magical" putter? Who came up with such an idea? Hannan found the answer -- and walked straight into an Internet firestorm.