The Age of Post-Authenticity and the Ironic Truths of Meme Culture
medium.com
In the last couple of years, fakery seems to have accelerated. The term “fake news” appeared out of next-to-nowhere in November 2016.
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.”