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English: Chart showing Google Trends interest over time in search terms "Fake news" and "Trump fake news"
  • Source: Google Trends results for search terms "Fake news" and "Trump fake news"
  • Moving averages were calculated using Microsoft Excel on data downloaded from trends.google.com
  • Suggested caption: Though the term ''fake news'' was known before the 2016 election, since Trump started using it soon after the election, it has been used continuously by Trump, other leaders, political operatives, journalists and ordinary people.<ref name=BBC_20180121>{{cite news |last1=Wendling |first1=Mike |title=The (almost) complete history of 'fake news' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-42724320 |agency=BBC |date=January 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005131322/https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-42724320 |archive-date=October 5, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> Trump weaponized the term as a rhetorical tool to dismiss and discredit unfavorable reporting, undercutting journalism's truth-telling function and delegitimizing journalism for a large part of the electorate.<ref name=TechPolicyPress_20250421>{{cite news |last1=Napoli |first1=Philip M. |title=News Distortion: The New Fake News |url=https://www.techpolicy.press/news-distortion-the-new-fake-news/ |work=TechPolicy.press |date=21 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250918065057/https://www.techpolicy.press/news-distortion-the-new-fake-news/ |archive-date=18 September 2025}}</ref>
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Chart showing Google Trends interest over time in search terms "Fake news" and "Trump fake news"

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