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fake news
[ feyk nooz, nyooz ]
noun
- false news stories, often of a sensational nature, created to be widely shared or distributed for the purpose of generating revenue, or promoting or discrediting a public figure, political movement, company, etc.:
It’s impossible to avoid clickbait and fake news on social media.
- a parody that presents current events or other news topics for humorous effect in an obviously satirical imitation of journalism:
The website publishes fake news that is hilarious and surprisingly insightful.
- Sometimes Facetious. (used as a conversational tactic to dispute or discredit information that is perceived as hostile or unflattering):
The senator insisted that recent polls forecasting an election loss were just fake news.
Word History and Origins
Origin of fake news1
Example Sentences
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the report fake news like a good little Trumper, but it does reflect the thinking of plenty of people in the Trump administration who mistakenly believe that the United States' interest in the world is solely one of economic and military dominance.
A hairdresser from St Petersburg has been given a jail term of five years and two months on a charge of spreading fake news about the Russian army.
Discrediting the armed forces and intentionally spreading fake news about the military became a crime in Russia within weeks of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
"One side went to the police but got nowhere. That only changed when the charge of 'fake news about the army' appeared," said Anastasia Pilipenko.
Meanwhile, lawyers for a Moscow councillor who was given the first full jail term in July 2022 under the "fake news" law have filed a complaint against the offence with Russia's constitutional court.
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