The Citrus County Commission in Florida recently dismissed a request from the local library to purchase a digital subscription to the New York Times, calling the paper fake news — a move emblematic of a bigger issue.

On this week’s edition of Beat The Press, Emily Rooney was joined by Adam Reilly of WGBH News; Jon Keller of WBZ News; Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University; and Callie Crossley of WGBH News.