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'''Melissa Zimdars''' is a communication and media professor at Merrimack College, who has been championed by the US mainstream media in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 US presidential elections, for putting together a publicly available Google doc listing “fake news” sites that she says should be completely avoided or banned if possible. In addition to some satirical and bogus sites, her list attacks the credibility of well-established alternative online news sites such as [[Breitbart]], [[Infowars]] and [[Project Veritas]].<ref>[http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/breaking-media-list-fake-news-websites-includes-breitbart-infowars-zerohedge-twitchy-blaze/ BREAKING: Liberals Create List of "Fake" News Websites Including: Breitbart, Infowars, Zerohedge, Twitchy, The Blaze]</ref> She said she began writing the list because she didn’t approve of the sources her students were citing.

'''Melissa Zimdars''' is a communication and media professor at Merrimack College, who has been championed by the US mainstream media in the immediate aftermath of the 2016 US presidential elections, for putting together a publicly available Google doc listing “fake news” sites that she says should be completely avoided or banned if possible. In addition to some satirical and bogus sites, her list attacks the credibility of well-established alternative online news sites such as [[Breitbart]], [[Infowars]] and [[Project Veritas]].<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/breaking-media-list-fake-news-websites-includes-breitbart-infowars-zerohedge-twitchy-blaze/ BREAKING: Liberals Create List of "Fake" News Websites Including: Breitbart, Infowars, Zerohedge, Twitchy, The Blaze]</ref> She said she began writing the list because she didn’t approve of the sources her students were citing.

Even liberals, such as Will Oremus on [[Slate.com]], criticized the list and the term itself for being far too broad, unfairly targeting numerous sites, and being an overreaction.<ref>Oremus, Will (December 6, 2016). [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2016/12/stop_calling_everything_fake_news.html Stop Calling Everything “Fake News”]. ''Slate.com''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> Zimdars later removed her "Fake News" list, claiming she had been "harassed" and "doxed".<ref>[https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/technology/melissa-zimdars-removes-fake-news-list-claiming-harassed-doxed/ Dr Melissa Zimdars removes fake news list and claims she was ‘harassed’]</ref>

Even liberals, such as Will Oremus on [[Slate.com]], criticized the list and the term itself for being far too broad, unfairly targeting numerous sites, and being an overreaction.<ref>Oremus, Will (December 6, 2016). [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2016/12/stop_calling_everything_fake_news.html Stop Calling Everything “Fake News”]. ''Slate.com''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.</ref> Zimdars later removed her "Fake News" list, claiming she had been "harassed" and "doxed".<ref>[https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/technology/melissa-zimdars-removes-fake-news-list-claiming-harassed-doxed/ Dr Melissa Zimdars removes fake news list and claims she was ‘harassed’]</ref>