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Docreed2003

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5. "Pizzagate" was the biggy that flamed the "Fake News" label

Reply to Funtatlaguy (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 08:18 AM

Sep 2017

I remember thinking at the time that Trump would likely steal the term and use it exactly as he has been using it! He labels anything that portrays him negatively or that exposes his bullshit as "fake news".

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I hate the term...Fake News....who started it? [View all] Funtatlaguy Sep 2017 OP

It was started to refer to actual, documentable fake news spread online... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2017 #1

The word fake in the word news has been around awhile Lint Head Sep 2017 #10

I'm thinking it was the fake tan, fake hair, fake billionaire fraudster in the White House Siwsan Sep 2017 #2

I hate it too! You're right, it's not funny, it is in fact dangerous in many ways. PearliePoo2 Sep 2017 #3

trump and his limited childlike vocabulary... samnsara Sep 2017 #4

Nailed: his ignorant vocabulary. "Disinformation/propaganda" are too hard. UTUSN Sep 2017 #14

"Pizzagate" was the biggy that flamed the "Fake News" label Docreed2003 Sep 2017 #5

Trump did not start it. It was actually meant to mean news that isnt true... TCJ70 Sep 2017 #6

The mainstream-media coined "fake news" to refer to right-wing lies during the 2016 campaign. DetlefK Sep 2017 #7

It originally meant actual fake stories planted by Russia and others oberliner Sep 2017 #8

fwiw, my inlaws used the term before Lars39 Sep 2017 #9

Hitler & the Nazis started it. Scoopster Sep 2017 #11

Short memories, maybe? This is not a new term. DFW Sep 2017 #12

Thanks for all of the replies. Funtatlaguy Sep 2017 #13