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Forget fake news. Money can distort media far more disturbingly – through advertorials, and through buying silence. Here’s what we’re doing about it.(French, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, German, Serbian, Russian.)

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Man reading a newspaper, May 21, 2012. Image by Flickr/Frank Knaack

We all think we know what ‘fake news’ is. But whether or not you support or loathe Donald Trump, voted for or against Brexit, and who you’re friends with on Facebook is, of course, highly likely to shape your perception. In less than 18 months, the term has been so over-used and abused it has been stripped of all meaning:

Wow, so many Fake News stories today. No matter what I do or say, they will not write or speak truth. The Fake News Media is out of control!