Fake news is not the real problem

Re:Fake news is not the real problem by ebcode on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:26PM (#16408290)

Nope, not coined by Trump. I did a bit of research. I found "fake news" in this link from 2005 on democracynow.org: https://www.democracynow.org/2005/3/14/state_propaganda_how_...

I'm not trying to say that people who use the term now are using it in place of "pizzagate", but that media outlets, during the months of December 2016 and early 2017, used the phrase to talk around "pizzagate"; and now "pizzagate" has faded, but "fake news" remains.

I think propaganda is a more appopriate word, and we should just use that. But because of the way associations work, whenever I see "fake news", I am reminded of "pizzagate". And I know I'm not the only one.

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Re:Fake news is not the real problem by wavefunction on Sunday February 18, 2018 @03:54PM (#16408532)

Thanks for setting me straight.

I find the term juvenile, personally, but it's here to stay for now it seems.

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