Fake news
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Fake news is false or misleading information claiming the aesthetics and legitimacy of news. Fake news often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity, or making money through adver
Reporters with various forms of "fake news" from an 1894 illustration by Frederick Burr Opper
Digital advertising technologies monetize fake news websites.
Roman politician and general Mark Antony killed himself because of misinformation.
Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst caricatured as they urged the U.S. into the Spanish–American War
Disinformation
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Disinformation is false or misleading information deliberately spread to deceive people, or to secure economic or political gain and which may cause public harm. Disinformation is an orchestrated adve
Fake news
…Fake news is false or misleading information (misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and hoaxes) claiming the aesthetics and legitimacy of news. Fake news often has the aim of damaging the reputation of a person or entity…
Former Romanian secret police senior official Ion Mihai Pacepa exposed disinformation history in his book Disinformation (2013).
How Disinformation Can Be Spread, explanation by U.S. Defense Department (2001)
Disinformation spreads through controversies.
Gari Melchers War Highsmith