FAKE NEWS! :
Fake news, also known as junk news or pseudo-news, is a type of yellow
journalism or propaganda that consists of deliberate disinformation or
hoaxes spread via traditional news media (print and broadcast) or online
social media . The false information is often caused by reporters paying
sources for stories, an unethical practice called checkbook journalism .
Digital news has brought back and increased the usage of fake news, or
yellow journalism. The news is then often reverberated as
misinformation in social media but occasionally finds its way to the
mainstream media as well.
Fake news is written and published usually with the intent to mislead in
order to damage an agency, entity, or person, and gain financially or
politically, often using sensationalist , dishonest, or outright fabricated
headlines to increase readership. Similarly, clickbait stories and
headlines earn advertising revenue from this activity