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 22, 2016
News devoid of or loosely associated with fact which is intended for the general public. Fake news is generated at the behest of a public or private institution for whatever reason.
Guy: Did you hear about the GOP Flying Pizza Monster? They say it's coming to soak up all our oil!! What we will do bro?!!?
Other Guy: Man, that's just fake news, get a hold of yourself and do some research.
Other Guy: Man, that's just fake news, get a hold of yourself and do some research.
by rockthisway December 16, 2016
A phrase politicians use when they don’t like what the media are saying about them—headlines that expose them as liars or untrustworthy.
Probably no other world leader has uttered “fake news” more often than President Trump, who wants to demonize the free press by all means and at all costs—he denounces any article or broadcast that speaks ill of him and his administration as nothing but fake news.
by MathPlus November 15, 2017
Term used by Donald Trump and all supporters of any TRUE/CONFIRMED information or credible opinion that either goes AGAINST or is CONTRADICTORY to 45th President Donald Trump's views or denial of factual information.
Regular person: " I saw a video on the news today of 10,000 times Donald Trump lied to public while in office."
TRUMPER: " That's fake news!"
Regular person: "I saw it with my own eyes!"
TRUMPER: "ALL those videos are 'fake news' because Donald Trump denied it"
TRUMPER: " That's fake news!"
Regular person: "I saw it with my own eyes!"
TRUMPER: "ALL those videos are 'fake news' because Donald Trump denied it"
by Like I see it July 02, 2020
The term "Fake News" means the news isn't fake, all it means is that the person hearing the news does not like
what they are hearing, so they proceed to have a tantrum like a 2 year old and call it fake.
what they are hearing, so they proceed to have a tantrum like a 2 year old and call it fake.
by bengladesh August 12, 2017