> However, the common usage of "fake news" is not only literally "news that is not true", but rather "news that is deliberately not true in a very specific way"

> However, the common usage of "fake news" is not only literally "news that is not true", but rather "news that is deliberately not true in a very specific way". The word "fake" surely doesn't have a connotation of an honest mistake, does it? That's not just "common usage", it's the only one I'm aware of.