Twitchyhttps://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2017/01/10/media-anxious-to-retire-fake-news-label-now-that-conservatives-have-tainted-its-meaning/feedWho Said Whaten-usWed, 08 Apr 2026 21:10:35 -0400Media anxious to retire 'fake news' label now that conservatives have tainted its meaning<![CDATA[Others in the mainstream media have said it before: after coining the term &#8220;fake news&#8221; and floating it as an explanation of how Hillary Clinton possibly could have lost the election (even President Obama addressed the epidemic of fake news during a press conference in Germany), they&#8217;d prefer that others — i.e., conservatives — not misuse or distort the term.]]>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:22:30 -0500<![CDATA[Brett T.]]>https://twitchy.com/brettt/2017/01/10/media-anxious-to-retire-fake-news-label-now-that-conservatives-have-tainted-its-meaning-n560054