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Fake news is a type of hoax or deliberate spread of misinformation published in traditional news media or via social media.
Fake news may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
edit- The Fake News Show, a British comedy panel show
Other uses
edit- Fake news in the United States
- Fake news website, deliberate publishing on websites of hoaxes, propaganda, and disinformation purporting to be real news
- Fake news websites in the United States
- List of fake news websites
See also
edit- Advertorial, an advertisement in the form of editorial content
- Disinformation, intentionally false information intended to deceive the target audience
- Internet manipulation
- Lying press, a pejorative political term used largely by German political movements for the mass media
- Managing the news, acts intended to influence the presentation of information within the news media
- News propaganda, a type of propaganda covertly packaged as credible news, but without sufficient transparency concerning the source
- News satire, a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism
- Spin (propaganda), a form of propaganda, achieved through providing a biased interpretation
- Video news release, a video segment made to look like a news report created by a PR firm, advertising agency, marketing firm, corporation, or government agency