We can thank Donald Trump for a new term added to the American lexicon: “fake news”. What is fake news? Is fake news merely news that is fake? No. The term fake news is just a longer way of saying this word: news.
However, the term fake news carries a little baggage that the word news does not. The person who uses the term fake news is implying that they do not like the news coverage they are receiving—even if, and especially if, the news coverage is completely true.
When you hear the term “fake news”, just think “news”. That is all it is.
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