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fake news
[ feyk nooz, nyooz ]
noun
- false news stories, often of a sensational nature, created to be widely shared or distributed for the purpose of generating revenue, or promoting or discrediting a public figure, political movement, company, etc.:
It鈥檚 impossible to avoid clickbait and fake news on social media.
- a parody that presents current events or other news topics for humorous effect in an obviously satirical imitation of journalism:
The website publishes fake news that is hilarious and surprisingly insightful.
- Sometimes Facetious. (used as a conversational tactic to dispute or discredit information that is perceived as hostile or unflattering):
The senator insisted that recent polls forecasting an election loss were just fake news.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of fake news1
Example Sentences
In his usual fashion, Trump hit out at "fake polls from fake news organisations".
While carping about "the fake news media" during the White House Easter egg roll, Hegseth's whining got so pitched his voice started to crack, while his children stood behind him, embarrassed at the spectacle.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the report fake news like a good little Trumper, but it does reflect the thinking of plenty of people in the Trump administration who mistakenly believe that the United States' interest in the world is solely one of economic and military dominance.
A hairdresser from St Petersburg has been given a jail term of five years and two months on a charge of spreading fake news about the Russian army.
Discrediting the armed forces and intentionally spreading fake news about the military became a crime in Russia within weeks of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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