{"id":5441,"count":0,"description":"It is closely associated with politics, and this association can unhelpfully narrow the focus of the issue. The term \u2018false information\u2019 is preferable as it can refer to a diverse range of disinformation covering topics such as health, environmental and economics across all platforms and genres, while \u2018fake news\u2019 is more narrowly understood as political news stories.\r\n\r\nIts notable rise was during the 2016 US presidential election. Streamlined by then-candidate, now President Donald Trump, to address news media spreading false and sometimes, malicious information to disparage his credibility, effectively taking him out of the then-presidential race against the Left's Hillary Clinton.","link":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/tag\/fake-news","name":"fake news","slug":"fake-news","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/5441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/sntjohnny.com\/front\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=5441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}