Monday, October 22, 2018

The Telegraph - UK Government bans phrase 'fake news' in its documents - The phrase could be used to "sway elections" - Be very afraid: This is our mother country --tma




The government has banned the term “fake news” after urging ministers to use “misinformation” or "disinformation" instead.
The phrase - a favourite of US President Donald Trump - will no longer appear in policy documents or official papers because it is “a poorly-defined and misleading term that conflates a variety of false information, from genuine error through to foreign interference in democratic processes” ...