Back in 2016 it meant fabricated news, usually about politics. Donald Trump started abusing the term not long after it was revealed that the fabricated news at

Back in 2016 it meant fabricated news, usually about politics. Donald Trump started abusing the term not long after it was revealed that the fabricated news at the time was mostly successful in targeting his followers, presumably to dilute the term. See https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLHF3Z9eMg https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XoLHF3Z9eMg or Google "Jestin Coler"