1. Real news that a government official is confident is unlikely to be proven any time soon.
2. Real news that a government official desperately needs to be untrue to save their face.
2. Real news that a government official desperately needs to be untrue to save their face.
Dutch journalist: You said the Netherlands has no-go zones, where are they? This is the first we've heard of these over here.
US Ambassador to the Netherlands: That's fake news. I never said that.
Dutch journalist: OK well we have a clip, roll that footage.
(Clip shows the ambassador saying the Netherlands has no-go zones)
Dutch journalist: That's fake news, then?
US Ambassador: I never said it was fake news. That's fake news.
US Ambassador to the Netherlands: That's fake news. I never said that.
Dutch journalist: OK well we have a clip, roll that footage.
(Clip shows the ambassador saying the Netherlands has no-go zones)
Dutch journalist: That's fake news, then?
US Ambassador: I never said it was fake news. That's fake news.
by Queen Buttrix December 23, 2017
Get the fake newsmug. by tumelo November 18, 2017
Get the fake newsmug. Any news story, truthful or not, which depicts Donald Trump in a bad light, or which conflicts with his current views.
All those news stories and videos which show me saying the things I said I didn't say are fake news.
by g-windsor April 17, 2017
Get the fake newsmug. Fake news is a piece of news which has been distributed by a news organisation which contains some form of dishonesty, typically to promote a political agenda. Fake news can be broken down into a number of categories, which are:
Outright lie - The news piece contains a claim which is objectively false.
Lying by omission - the deliberate exclusion of information from the news piece which is critical to properly understanding the situation.
Lying by structure - the deliberate positioning of critical information at the end of a news report, resulting in many people not actually hearing the full story.
Selective outrage - deliberately reporting on a event which supports a particular political narrative, while ignoring similar events which would go against the desired narrative.
Emotive appeal - structuring a news piece in such a way as to attempt to emotionally manipulate the audience instead of focusing on the facts of the situation.
Hidden retraction - a news organisation will make a claim which is false, and then correct their original statement in such a way that fewer people will see the correction than saw the original news piece.
Outright lie - The news piece contains a claim which is objectively false.
Lying by omission - the deliberate exclusion of information from the news piece which is critical to properly understanding the situation.
Lying by structure - the deliberate positioning of critical information at the end of a news report, resulting in many people not actually hearing the full story.
Selective outrage - deliberately reporting on a event which supports a particular political narrative, while ignoring similar events which would go against the desired narrative.
Emotive appeal - structuring a news piece in such a way as to attempt to emotionally manipulate the audience instead of focusing on the facts of the situation.
Hidden retraction - a news organisation will make a claim which is false, and then correct their original statement in such a way that fewer people will see the correction than saw the original news piece.
by Phoenix797 June 26, 2018
Get the Fake newsmug. 1) False or otherwise extremely exaggerated news stories used to generate money from ad revenue by using clickbait titles or used to sell tabloids in the grocery check-out line.
2) A term for a news article that doesn't validate one's political opinion.
2) A term for a news article that doesn't validate one's political opinion.
1) She threw him out! The latest on Jen and Brad's split.
2) Shut your fucking mouth you liberal snowflake with your "fake news" from the BBC telling me that global warming is increasing at a rapid rate. I read on Breitbart that it was all a Chinese hoax.
2) Shut your fucking mouth you liberal snowflake with your "fake news" from the BBC telling me that global warming is increasing at a rapid rate. I read on Breitbart that it was all a Chinese hoax.
by Vantius December 21, 2016
Get the Fake Newsmug. 
