MediaGuardian’s top stories
Facebook staff mount secret push to tackle fake news, reports say
Ant and Dec sign £30m ‘golden handcuffs’ deal with ITV
Breitbart: how ‘Trump Pravda’ muddied the waters and surfed wave
Gwen Ifill, PBS Newshour anchor and veteran journalist, dies aged 61
Mary Berry given a second BBC show
Julian Assange faces Swedish prosecutor in London over rape accusation
Sunday night TV draws huge audiences as 10.8m watch Strictly
Best of the rest
Lego spent less than £2,500 on ads with Daily Mail in last two years (Campaign £)
Google will soon ban fake news sites from using its ad network (The Verge)
Google’s top news link for ‘final election results’ goes to a fake news site with false numbers (Washington Post)
ProPublica is seeing a surge in donations after John Oliver’s Trump segment (Poynter)
And finally...
John Lewis’ bouncing animal-themed Christmas ad may have charmed viewers, but it has had a slightly more mixed response from animal charities, with some concerns about over-enthusiastic families recklessly experimenting with pets on trampolines. On the other hand, at least it’s a rare bit of good PR for badgers.
