Even earlier than that. Check out this article about fake news in the days of George Washington: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/04/10/th

Even earlier than that. Check out this article about fake news in the days of George Washington: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/04/10/the-fake-news-that-haunted-george-washington/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/04/10...