{"id":249574,"date":"2021-02-06T08:37:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T13:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/fake-news-no-it-really-is-macquarie-dictionarys-word-of-the-decade-sydney-morning-herald\/"},"modified":"2021-02-06T08:37:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T13:37:51","slug":"fake-news-no-it-really-is-macquarie-dictionarys-word-of-the-decade-sydney-morning-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/fake-news\/fake-news-no-it-really-is-macquarie-dictionarys-word-of-the-decade-sydney-morning-herald\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake news? No, it really is Macquarie Dictionarys word of the decade &#8211; Sydney Morning Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Donald Trump may have exited the White House but he has left a permanent mark on the English language, with the Macquarie Dictionary labelling fake news, a term Trump used frequently, the word of the decade.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian dictionarys senior editor, Victoria Morgan, says its a fitting title given the way fake news has evolved over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>It wasnt uncommon for former US president Donald Trump to label critical stories fake news.Credit:Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p>Fake news is different from making a mistake, Morgan says. Its deliberate misinformation. The first definition stands, but what we have is a second definition where its a term used to refer to information thats viewed as being opposed to or detrimental to someones own position. So [fake news] is now being used to attack real news and rob it of its credibility.<\/p>\n<p>And before you ask, no, it isnt wrong to call fake news a word even though its made up of two separate entries in the dictionary.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read the original: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/culture\/books\/fake-news-no-it-really-is-the-macquarie-dictionary-s-word-of-the-decade-20210204-p56zfa.html\" title=\"Fake news? No, it really is Macquarie Dictionarys word of the decade - Sydney Morning Herald\">Fake news? No, it really is Macquarie Dictionarys word of the decade - Sydney Morning Herald<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Donald Trump may have exited the White House but he has left a permanent mark on the English language, with the Macquarie Dictionary labelling fake news, a term Trump used frequently, the word of the decade. The Australian dictionarys senior editor, Victoria Morgan, says its a fitting title given the way fake news has evolved over the past few years. It wasnt uncommon for former US president Donald Trump to label critical stories fake news.Credit:Bloomberg Fake news is different from making a mistake, Morgan says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/fake-news\/fake-news-no-it-really-is-macquarie-dictionarys-word-of-the-decade-sydney-morning-herald\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[450976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fake-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}