>>> IT WAS >>> YOU'RE WATCHING WRAL NEWS. >>> WE HEARD THE TERM FAKE NEWS IN 2016, A HALLMARK OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TIMES IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND QUOTED THE MEDIA AS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. >> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD UNDER A NEW ADMINISTRATION? JOE FISHER TELLS US WHY ATTACKS ON THE PRESS WILL LIKE TO CONTINUE. >> Reporter: WRITERS WHO STORMED THE U.S. CAPITOL LEFT BEHIND THIS MARK ON THE DOOR SHOWING THE DISTRUST FOUND BY SOME ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND TOWERING OVER THIS ROAD IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. >> YOU NEED TO GET YOUR HEAD OUT. >> Reporter: PHILIP REEVES IS CONVINCED PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WON THE ELECTION. >> ALL OF THIS STUFF ABOUT BEING A FAIR ELECTION, HOGWASH. I WILL NEVER BELIEVE IT. >> Reporter: HE IS NOT ALONE BELIEVING CLAIMS OF BALLOT FRAUD IN GEORGIA DESPITE INVESTIGATIONS THAT FOUND NO EVIDENCE AND REJECTIONS OF THOSE CLAIMS BY MULTIPLE JUDGES. >> I WANT TO SEE MORE EVIDENCE LIKE THAT STATE-BY-STATE, NOT JUST GEORGIA. IF NOTHING ELSE, CREATE AN AIR OF SUSPICION LEAVING 70 TO 80 MILLION PEOPLE VERY ANGRY AND UPSET. >> Reporter: STEPHEN XAVIER IS A CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST WHO SAYS HE HAS LOST TRUST IN THE MEDIA'S ABILITY TO BE OBJECTIVE. >> IT IS MORE PARROTING, MORE HEADLINES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUMPER STICKER QUOTES AND BURNING THROUGH STUFF WITHOUT DEPTH. I THINK THAT IS WHAT UPSETS A LOT OF INTELLIGENT PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KNOW MORE OF THE TRUE STORY. >> Reporter: UNC DR. DANIEL KREISS SAYS POLITICIANS HAVE LONG TRIED TO DISCREDIT REPORTERS BUT THE REALITY AND RHETORIC HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> POLITICIANS CAPITALIZING ON THE FACT MUCH MORE PARTISAN AMERICANS THAN THEY WERE 20 OR 34 YEARS AGO. DE-RELIGION AM I USING THOSE WORKING VOICES WORKING TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE IS A POLITICIANS GAME. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THE RISE OF CABLE TV, INDEPENDENT WEBSITES, AND SOCIAL MEDIA HAVE BLURRED THE LINES BETWEEN NEWS AND OPINION. >> I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BEING TOLD HALF-TRUTHS, TOTAL BLATANT LIES. >> Reporter: DANIEL KREISS SAYS THE TERM FAKE NEWS MIGHT BE STICKING AROUND. BUT SO IS JOURNALISM, ONE OF THE PILLARS TO OUR GREAT DEMOCRACY. >> LAST WEEK WAS A BIG WAKE-UP CALL. I HOPE WE WILL SEE SOME NEW WAYS TO COME TOGETHER TO CLEARLY REJECT THESE ANTIDEMOCRATIC THREATS AND TO BUILD A COMMON LIFE MOVING FORWARD. >> Reporter: I'M JOE FISHER WITH A VIEW RAL NEWS. >>> AFTER LAST WEEK'S ATTACK IN WASHINGTON, SUSAN KING AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDIA AT CAROLINA SAID A MESSAGE TO THE DATABASE STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF A FREE PRESS AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN OUR DEMOCRACY. SHE SAID IN PART, THE THREAT TO OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT OVER. A NEW PRESIDENT INAUGURATED