By Gerald Heinrichs No one ever heard of jason@Bitcoin4Freedom, but he posted an editorial on X about the U.S. election and, to date, that piece has received over 114 million views. This is only one of countless such events where an ordinary individual creates an essay, video, or meme that makes a giant public impact—even […]
Tag: Fake News
Fake news (also known as junk news, pseudo-news, or hoax news) is a form of news consisting of deliberate disinformation or hoaxes spread via traditional news media (print and broadcast) or online social media. Digital news has brought back and increased the usage of fake news, or yellow journalism. The news is then often reverberated as misinformation in social media but occasionally finds its way to the mainstream media as well.
Fake news is written and published usually with the intent to mislead in order to damage an agency, entity, or person, and/or gain financially or politically, often using sensationalist, dishonest, or outright fabricated headlines to increase readership. Similarly, click bait stories and headlines earn advertising revenue from this activity.
