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spindrift

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/10/08/donald-trump-defends-paper-towels-in-puerto-rico-says-stephen-paddock-was-probably-smart-in-bizarre-tv-interview-analysis.html

Curious interview, Trump claims to have invented the word "fake".

“I think one of the greatest of all terms I’ve come up with is ‘fake.’
I guess other people have used it, perhaps, over the years, but I’ve
never noticed it,” he said.

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jaitch in reply to @spindrift

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news

This wikipedia entry for it (Yes I know rolls eyes wikipedia etc.) shows an 1894 illustration depicting "Reporters with various forms of "fake news" from an 1894 illustration by Frederick Burr Opper"

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