"I've really started this whole 'fake news' thing," he said. BuzzFeed journalist Craig Silverman, an expert on misinformation, was using the term "fake news" way back in 2014. To Trump, "fake news" is any story, any network, any outlet that he doesn't seem to like. But Trump throws around the term "fake news" as an insult on a regular basis, further warping its meaning. Some experts have asserted that the press should stop using the term "fake news" altogether.

Source: CNN October 26, 2017 15:33 UTC