So it’s come to this: The Harvard University library is labeling right-leaning media as “fake news” right along with actual crackpot sites. So much for academic excellence.

The library’s Web site features a “Fake News, Misinformation, and Propaganda” guide that flags outlets like the Washington Examiner, The Weekly Standard and the Daily Caller, as well as a few liberal opinion outlets.

Most are tagged with labels such as “clickbait,” “bias,” “political” and “unreliable.”

It all comes from a database set up by a prof at Merrimack College, Melissa Zimdars — who compiled it for her students and told the Examiner it’s “not a fake news database.”
Which didn’t stop Harvard — or CUNY, whose site makes the same mistake — from suggesting it’s just that.

Zimdars complains, “This is not a solution tool. It’s an educational tool gone amok.”

Sadly, it won’t be the last “fake guide” to “fake news.”