As we argue about what exactly “fake news” is and how to fight it, we find that the phrase was born last century in the world of propaganda, but it was Mark Zuckerberg who entered it into our modern lexicon and President Trump who weaponized it into a media pejorative. On May 24, 2017 the South African Minister of Communications Ms. Ayanda Dlodlo cited the piece during a "fake news roundtable" with Sanef members.
Did Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Coin The Phrase 'Fake News'?
