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Fake news is a term invented by the Nazis during the 30s to describe media they disagreed with. In German, Lügenpresse (lying press, literally) has the same or

• Anon1096 9y ago
  A term can't be "invented" if it was in another language. Coining a term literally only has relevance in the language it's coined. The concept of an untrustworthy press is much older besides.
  • kuschku 9y ago
    It wasn't exactly in a different language — the Nazis did also produce propaganda in english (which literally used the term fake news), and during 2016, both translations of the term came into use by supporters of the Trump campaign, from which it grew.
• thomasz 9y ago
  There is no alt right in Germany. We are dealing with a surge in far right activism, but those people are just that: Right wing extremists. It’s not a new phenomenon, it never went away completely.
  • kuschku 9y ago
    The AfD is literally the alt-right. Same ideology (which is distinct from the NPD), same marketing, same reasons for resurgence, and even similar sources of funding.
    • hiram112 9y ago
      Who are these mysterious funders of the alt-right, in either Germany or the US? Unlike the left, which does seem to have a few favorite donors concentrated high up amongst the elites, it doesn't appear that the alt-right has many friends in high places these days. Unless you're trying to insinuate groups like the Koch Brothers and similar, but I've always been under the impression that most of the typical right wing donors were not in favor of things important to the alt-right, including lowered immigration, reversal of trade agreements, white nationalism, etc.