fake news

[ feyk nooz, nyooz ]

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noun

false news stories, often of a sensational nature, created to be widely shared or distributed for the purpose of generating revenue, or promoting or discrediting a public figure, political movement, company, etc.:
It’s impossible to avoid clickbait and fake news on social media.
a parody that presents current events or other news topics for humorous effect in an obviously satirical imitation of journalism:
The website publishes fake news that is hilarious and surprisingly insightful.
Sometimes Facetious. (used as a conversational tactic to dispute or discredit information that is perceived as hostile or unflattering):
The senator insisted that recent polls forecasting an election loss were just fake news.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fake news¹

First recorded in 1800–20 in the sense “false news, spurious news”; the current sense was first recorded in 2010–15

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For example, on April 5, Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma marked the 135th anniversary of a shooting incident between a journalist and a former congressman inside the US Capitol by suggesting that in our era, “there’s a lot we could say about reporters and the stories they write, but I bet they would write a lot less false stories — as President Trump says, ‘fake news’ — if we could still handle our differences that way.”

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Spokesman Brig Gen Reza Talai-Nik said on Sunday that there "were and are no import or export of fuel shipments or cargo for military use in the vicinity of the incident", and accused foreign media of spreading "fake news".

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In his usual fashion, Trump hit out at "fake polls from fake news organisations".

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While carping about "the fake news media" during the White House Easter egg roll, Hegseth's whining got so pitched his voice started to crack, while his children stood behind him, embarrassed at the spectacle.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the report fake news like a good little Trumper, but it does reflect the thinking of plenty of people in the Trump administration who mistakenly believe that the United States' interest in the world is solely one of economic and military dominance.

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