The term 'fake news' took off at exactly the same time as 'pizzagate'. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=fake%20news,pizzagate https://trends.google.c

The term 'fake news' took off at exactly the same time as 'pizzagate'. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=fake%20news,pizzagate https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=fake%20news,pizza... The rumors and allegations against the Podesta brothers, the various associated instagram accounts and all the other information you can find in various youtube exposés (example: https://youtu.be/beqdw19Uj6E https://youtu.be/beqdw19Uj6E) were quickly trashed and ridiculed. Ben Swann's career got destroyed. The concept of 'news', as torturously discussed in the Danah Boyd piece, is entirely dependent on what information is allowed to be discussed and in what context. Most news outlets are extremely biased for political and advertising demographic reasons. The internet has been a wonderful medium for allowing people to discover and explore, and the only 'fake news' I see is created by Outbrain, Taboola and other click bait insurgents into the news media.