Facebook to fund original news shows from ABC, CNN, others

Facebook plans to fund original news shows created by such news organizations as ABC, CNN and Mic.

The social media site will kill off its

“trending” news section to make way for what it considers “trustworthy” and “informative” news. The company grapples with fake news and misinformation on its users’ news feeds.

Campbell Brown, Facebook’s head of news partnerships, said the shows will be available in the USA this summer.