Trump was elected on "fake news." We know that. Not just bad reporting, but engineered, fake stories, from fake new sites, generated to create fake headlines for the purpose of misdirecting voters, and inciting anger, in favor of donald. That is what fake news is, not just the shitty reporting we often see.

He's now intentionally calling everything that's unflattering, fake news, to take the poison out of the term, and just turn it into a buzz word, relieving himself of the responsibility of fake news generated to boost himself to office.

Him calling everything fake news has worked, and people are forgetting that there were swaths of fake articles written for his voters, from actual misleading domain URLs, to trick people into thinking the sources were credible. In calling everything fake news to protect himself, now all of his voters are just calling anything unfavorable, fake news. They no longer have to listen to any opposing side, or believe any facts provided, because they can dismiss everything as just fake news. And they believe it.

Do not let this term become fashionable or casual. It has a specific meaning, and that meaning is not just "shoddy journalism."

He's not just after CNN. He's calling any outlet that's critical of him, fake news. And this, from the guy who used his first week in office to publicly praise the news site that brought us Pizzagate. It's just so goddamn ironic. The man's a known conspiracy theorist. He thinks that vaccines give people autism.

Sad.