"From the White House to the most local level, newspapers and reporters are attacked, and punished, for doing their jobs — reporting the facts. We exist in a political climate in which, if someone doesn’t like what the facts are, they simply proclaim it “fake news.”

They are being punished for NOT doing their jobs, and they are NOT reporting the facts.  A real journalist, editor or publisher would know this.  Instead you would rather blame everyone else and defend those that create fake news.

Who wrote the fake news articles in the WNT? Prank or not it is still fake, false, phony, misleading, and in this political climate if someone doesn't like false, phony, fake, or misleading they will continue to proclaim it "fake news."  As they rightfully should.