Fake news is everywhere. The power of the press is said to be waning. And because the nation's most famous populist—the man with his sights on the presidency—can't trust the lying media, he says, he has no option but to be a publisher himself.
Oh yeah, and the year is 1896.
The would-be president in question is William Jennings Bryan. In an era before the internet, television, or radio, the best way to reach the masses is with newsprint. So, without the option of tweeting his grievances after losing the election to William McKinley, what does Bryan do? He starts his own newspaper. And he uses it to rail against "fake news."
I don't need to tell you a lot of this sounds weirdly familiar.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/the-fake-news-crisis-120-years-ago/513710/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @11:05PM
This is an important distinction. I would also be concerned with "\"'fake news'\"", ie news that is claimed to be fake but is not actually fake.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 29 2017, @11:14PM
Also, "\"'fake "news'"\"", which is neither fake nor news.