The term fake news means “news articles that are intentionally and verifiably false” [1] designed to manipulate people’s perceptions of real facts, events, and statements. It’s about information presented as news that is known by its promoter to be false based on facts that are demonstrably incorrect, or statements or events that verifiably did not happen.

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Fake news “is fabricated information that mimics news media content in form but…lack(s) the news media’s editorial norms and processes for ensuring the accuracy and credibility of information” [2]. It overlaps with misinformation (false or misleading information) and disinformation (false information purposely spread to mislead people).

The definition may seem a bit vague, but it’s important. People have used the term “fake news” to mean different things.

Source: BBC News

This definition eliminates unintentional reporting mistakes, rumors that don’t originate from a news article, suspicions/interpretations/conspiracy theories, satire, and biased (but not false) reports.

It also leaves out sweeping indictments of mainstream media. The President likes to call “fake news” the reporting of uncomplimentary things that seem distracting or insignificant, which cast him in a negative light in the context of successes that he thinks should be made more prominent.

Fake Love

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With this definition, works of satire like The Onion (see below) or The Daily Show aren’t trying to deceive, and can’t be construed as fake news, although people might mistakenly assume their content to be true.

Source: The Onion (a satirical online news magazine)

Oddly enough, these satirical stories can turn into fake news when the same story is re-published on a different site that tries to make it appear as factual reporting [3]. Like this one, that started as a parody, but went viral when presented as if it was actual:

(Governor Palin never said this.)

Fake Famous

Fake news in social media has become a real problem in politics, but it’s older and it’s broader.