Despite Claims of 'Fake News,' the New York Times and the Washington Post Keep Breaking Traffic Records

Readers are eager to keep up with the latest Trump scandal

Earlier this week, in the middle of an already speedy news cycle, both the New York Times and the Washington Post broke their respective site traffic records.

On Monday, the New York Times published a piece about a memo from former FBI Director James Comey that claimed President Trump asked Comey to shut down an investigation into his (now former) national security adviser, Michael Flynn.

According to the New York Times, that one post received 4.5 million pageviews on the paper’s platforms in just under 24 hours after publication, and an additional 1.6

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