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6. There Might Have Always Been Fake News Out There But....

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 04:28 AM

Jan 2017

the term "fake news" seems to have just been popularized as a term as of late. Everybody is saying those two words together now and I've been around for 68 years and only recently been sensitized to its use. Am I alone in this thinking or is there anyone else out there that feels that this term "fake news" is a new addition to our everyday talk?

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When Did The Term "Fake News" First Enter Into The Main Stream News? And Who First Coined..... [View all] global1 Jan 2017 OP

not sure Skittles Jan 2017 #1

But It Is A Recent Term And Not One That's Been Around For Years - Right?.... global1 Jan 2017 #3

well there has always been fake news, as long as the internet has existed Skittles Jan 2017 #5

There Might Have Always Been Fake News Out There But.... global1 Jan 2017 #6

I think because it's no longer harmless stuff that only idiots believe Skittles Jan 2017 #12

This story is FLAKE News. Lint Head Jan 2017 #2

I dont think it is some new term KGBot001 Jan 2017 #4

I found this. @7:00 mark. Article dated 12/8/2016. The Wielding Truth Jan 2017 #7

People were talking about it way before then KGBot001 Jan 2017 #8

Probably. But it seems to have come to the forefront of late. The Wielding Truth Jan 2017 #9

The year Faux Noise went on the air. kydo Jan 2017 #10

As a Google search term, it exploded at the start of November muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #11