“the authors argue that the term “fake news” has “become meaningless” and lost its power because politicians (primarily Donald Trump) have hijacked it “
Something like the overused terms `racist’ and `fascist’?
Or because they used it pejoratively, like `Yankee doodle’ or `impressionist’ painting, until the object adopts the label?
There’s no pleasing these people.
That’s the fact, Jack. Fake news has lost nowhere near the meaning of ‘racist,’ ‘harassment,’ and ‘bigoty,’ but where is no groundswell of indignation that we should ban the terms.