“Fake News” is far too benign...and if you’re paying any attention to social media you’ll see the hashtag has already been appropriated by the “Alt-right” (read Neo-nazis) to describe the MSM and CNN in particular.
Factless news that serves to prop up baseless Trump tweets and other “alt-right” talking points are PROPAGANDA — pure and simple. They are ideological and meant to dupe or further inculcate followers.
I hope there’s an historic precedent for rolling back this endless stream of harmful rhetoric and fiction (historians, please intervene in the comments!), because otherwise I see us heading in one direction, and it sure ain’t pretty.