Where does “fake news” come from?

fake news (Dutch) comes from English fake news — Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.

fake news (Dutch): disinformation or propaganda presented as news

Definitions

  1. disinformation or propaganda presented as news

Ancestry of “fake news”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfake newsPurported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform
Every word from English fake news
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