What lies in your diet? Do you feed yourself wholesome, digestible ‘bites’ or swallow pseudoscience out to make you part with your money? Photo: AFP/Istock
The impact of modern fake news as it relates to the recent American presidential election is something that struck a lot of people as unconscionable and ridiculous – but try telling that to the misinformation experts or the new president who concocted all sorts of lies for their own profit or ego.
Fake news isn’t new and has been around practically forever – as examples: to promote Christianity, Jesus was constantly misrepresented as a white man (this still continues even today), and politicians, businesses and espionage agencies have always used subtly managed misinformation.
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