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| Topic | I hate that "fake news" became a serious thing people say. |
| darkknight109 07/03/18 2:25:08 AM #26: | Zeus posted... That was post election. iirc Nope. Here's a summary of the timeline (along with Donald Trump's first tweet that included the term "Fake News", which was on December 10, 2016) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/03/how-hillary-clinton-might-have-inspired-trumps-fake-news-attacks/?utm_term=.463525d897d0 Here's another article which references the shift that occurred late 2016/early 2017, when Trump suddenly fell in love with the phrase: https://www.npr.org/2017/02/17/515630467/with-fake-news-trump-moves-from-alternative-facts-to-alternative-language Here's some summaries of the pre-election fake news spread, which was being talked about (albeit not as widely as it was after the election) even back then https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/technology/automated-pro-trump-bots-overwhelmed-pro-clinton-messages-researchers-say.html https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-google-crack-down-fake-news-advertising-n684101 https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-pro-trump-twitter-bots-spread-fake-news --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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