Mariel Rodriguez

1851 days ago

As used by the President of the United States, the most mainstream and fact-checked of news media is fake if he disagrees with it. The term means something more like troublesome news, or “news I vehemently disagree with, and wish to discredit.”

The Age of Post-Authenticity and the Ironic Truths of Meme Culture

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In the last couple of years, fakery seems to have accelerated. The term “fake news” appeared out of next-to-nowhere in November 2016.