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Fake news was a thing long before Donald Trump — just ask the ancient Greeks

  • Written by Peter S. Field, Head of Humanities and Creative Arts and Associate Professor of American History, University of Canterbury
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The idea of “news” is a pretty new thing. So is the concept of “fake news”, as in false or misleading information presented as news. Accordingly, we don’t expect to understand the term outside of our own epoch.

Most people identify “fake news” with Donald Trump, as he used the term widely to...

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