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Can we admit that like "woke" and "politically correct" and every word that the Right steals, turns on its head, and makes into a slur, didn't start with these chucklefucks.
It's like how everyone suddenly forgot that "woke" actually originated in black culture and was a positive phrase.
Before Trump ran with it, several news commentators, Hillary Clinton herself, and a Washington Post article all used the term "fake news" in reference to pro-Trump lunacy spreading online. Trump stole the phrase, ran with it, and it's become a fucking shitshow.
So, at the very least, if we're going to reference "fake news" can we not attribute it to this thoughtless loser motherfucker who definitely couldn't come up with something on his own because he is devoid of creativity. He only mimics and copies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/russian-propaganda-effort-helped-spread-fake-news-during-election-experts-say/2016/11/24/793903b6-8a40-4ca9-b712-716af66098fe_story.html
This was posted in November 2016. Trump would first Tweet "Fake News!" on December 10th, 2016. This was the major news story that promoted the term "fake news." I remember because I remember valid skepticism around the PropOrNot organization. There is still a disclaimer on this article related to PropOrNot. (Interestingly enough, the genesis with PropOrNot supports your point that fact-checkers can be biased, and that can lead to issues that we would rather avoid)
Anyway, fuck Trump, can we not give him shit like this? He didn't coin it, he's a fucking idiot.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/tweets-december-10-2016
Wasn't it that Skeleton lady and the press secretary with the lazy eye that started saying things were alternative truth and fake news?