This Trump thing is genuinely hilarious.

[Pat Vegas]

Trump opponents spend a year complaining about fake news and misinformation and then leap gleefully onto a blatantly false 'dossier' that reputable news outlets have passed on because it doesn't meet any of the criteria necessary for ethical publication and that even the people who've published it admit is almost certainly böllocks. Said critics then say things like 'What's sauce for the goose...' while apparently failing to appreciate how utterly they undermine their position by doing so.

The world really is quite fun at the moment.

I notice this 'Fake news' term thrown around a lot.

It's the new 'conspiracy theory' which automatically dismisses any item as tin foil hat wearing nonsense.

so easy to throw it about. anything you don't like just call it 'Fake news'

[Burney]

I notice this 'Fake news' term thrown around a lot.

It's the new 'conspiracy theory' which automatically dismisses any item as tin foil hat wearing nonsense.

so easy to throw it about. anything you don't like just call it 'Fake news'

Sure, but when you have something that doesn't meet a single one of the criteria necessary for ethical publication, has no source, clear factual errors and no corroborating evidence whatsoever, I'd say it's appropriate.

[SWv2]

Sure, but when you have something that doesn't meet a single one of the criteria necessary for ethical publication, has no source, clear factual errors and no corroborating evidence whatsoever, I'd say it's appropriate.

Fake news is the basis on which the majority of football transfer reporting is founded.

[Pat Vegas]

Sure, but when you have something that doesn't meet a single one of the criteria necessary for ethical publication, has no source, clear factual errors and no corroborating evidence whatsoever, I'd say it's appropriate.

For sure. I haven't read the article in question but if it's complete nonsense it will just add extra strength to the 'Fake News' term. quite handy for future occurrences.