What does fake news mean?

Fake news is one of Trump's pet words when criticizing the media. This word has been widely known and has become the annual vocabulary of Collins dictionary. Collins Dictionary points out that "fake news" was used by American TV in the first decade of the 20th century (2000-20 10) to describe "false and inflammatory information spread under the guise of news reports".

The usage of this word has been rising since 20 15. Since 20 16, the usage of this word has increased by 365%? . This sentence, which is often capitalized, has become the rhetorical feature of US President Trump. Collins dictionary admits that Trump "carried forward" this word, while Webster's dictionary in the United States believes that the etymology of this word can be traced back to19th century, and the related expression first appeared in 1890.

Derivatives: Topshop once sold a pair of jeans with "FakeNews" embroidered on their trouser legs. This pair of straight jeans with the slogan of "fake news" costs 46 pounds in the UK and 90 dollars in the US. On the Topshop website, it is listed as a "hot-selling product", but this dress has also been vomited by social media users.

Related events:

A middle school student in the United States was asked by his teacher to change clothes before visiting CNN headquarters because his T-shirt read "FNN, fake news network". However, the boy's parents said that their son had the right to freedom of speech, and the act of asking for a change of clothes violated this right granted by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.

The boy's parents said that it was his son who asked them to buy him this T-shirt and hoped to wear it to visit CNN. The boy's father said that his son was well aware of the possible consequences of wearing this dress to visit, but it was his own decision. Since then, the boy's parents said that both the teacher and the principal of the school have apologized for this matter.