fake news

noun

Definitions

  1. Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to…

    Purported news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform.

    • Never trust fake news websites.
    • The scourge of “fake news”, pumped out by online bots and Russian troll farms, suggested that the authority of professional journalism had been fatally damaged by the rise of social media.
  2. Satirical news stories, intended to amuse.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fake news. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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