History of Fake News

Rumor and false stories have probably been around as long as humans have lived in groups where power matters. […]the printing press was invented, news was usually transferred from person to person via word of mouth. Since the new emperor did not favor Justinian, it is possible the author had a motivation to distance himself from Justinian’s court, using the stories (often wild and unverifiable) to do so. A computer science student in the former Soviet republic of Georgia told the New York Times that creating a new website and filling it with both real stories and fake news that flattered Trump was a “gold mine.