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LONDON (AP) — After a U.S. presidential campaign dominated by charges of fake news, Collins Dictionary has designed the term the Collins Word of the Year 2017.
The word — two words actually — will be added to the next print edition of the dictionary.
Collins said Thursday the use of the term rose 365 percent last year. It is defined as “false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting.”
The term has been picked up by U.S. President Donald Trump, who routinely characterizes critical reports as “fake news” in his tweets.
Collins’ head of language content Helen Newstead said the term “fake news” has been inescapable this year.
She said it has contributed to “the undermining of society’s trust in news reporting.”
(by BREITBART LONDON)
It has been derided by the leader of the free world and accused of influencing elections, but ‘fake news’ is today legitimate news as it is named Collins’ Word of the Year 2017.
The word saw an unprecedented usage increase 365% since 2016.
As defined by Collins, ‘fake news’ means “false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting”.
Usage of the term, which is defined as 'false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting', has risen by 365 percent since 2016 and will be added to the next print edition of Collins Dictionary.
“假新聞”的定義是“假借新聞報道散播的虛假的、常常具有煽動性的信息。”自2016年以來，“假新聞”的使用量上漲了365%，並將被添加到下一版的印刷版《柯林斯詞典》中。
