Seth Meyers thinks that “fake news” as a term is “busted.”And the “Late Night” host says it’s all because of Donald Trump, who used the phrase during Wednesday’s press conference to describe CNN and attack unsubstantiated claims in a dossier alleging that Russia has “compromising personal and financial information” on the president-elect. “Today, Trump called these new reports ‘fake news,’ so despite an incredibly short run, I think it is time to retire that term,” said Meyers, who added that the words used to mean one thing, “but now everyone is using it for everything.”
Source: Huffington Post January 12, 2017 10:55 UTC