[josteink]

It’s also interesting that those who popularized the term “fake news” (left wing politicians) used it to discredit their opposition, by claiming some sort of “collusion” between Trump and the Russians.

And now that whole construct, which was reported on to great lengths by “real” news outlets, has been proven to be “fake news” as well.

As in, the phenomenon of fake news was actually faked? Could this even be messier?

No wonder nobody trusts anything anymore.

[austincheney]

While everybody may use or abuse that term there is only person who popularized that term, to me, and that person does not claim to be left wing.

[Izkata]

Trump may have popularized it, but Clinton created it [0], almost immediately after losing the election.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-42724320

[krapp]

Clinton didn't create the term fake news. The article you link to mentions her having used the term in a speech, but that doesn't mean she created it, nor, as I assume we're meant to infer, that she or the Democratic Party fabricated the phenomenon referred to as a post-hoc rationalization for having lost the election.

In fact, if you read the Wikipedia article on fake news[0], you'll note the term as well as the phenomenon predate Clinton's campaign and loss, even within that campaign cycle. People were talking about it well before that point.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_news

[identity-haver]

The term has existed, but was popularized and brought into the common discourse immediately after the 2016 election: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=f...