• @blattrules@lemmy.world
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    138 months ago

    He didn’t originate that term. He claims that he did and he appropriated it, but it was in existence long before he started using it.

    • prole
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      158 months ago

      it was in existence long before he started using it.

      Notably, in late 30s Germany by a pretty infamous man.

      • @Pips
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        98 months ago

        In the modern context (2010s), it came into use to describe articles from organizations that called themselves news outlets literally making up fake stories. The right co-opted the term to apply it to anything they don’t like because they disliked serious journalists calling out right wing talking heads and here we are.

        • @whofearsthenight@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          You’re correct and this is why I think things like these are needed. We’re literally talking about something that is maybe 10 years old at best. edit: in the modern context.

    • FuglyDuck
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      48 months ago

      You’re saying… Donald saying he created something……
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      Is….
      Fake news?
      (I’ll see myself out,)