It is amazing how quickly terms such as populism and fake news are suddenly omnipresent, yet undefinable because they are use in contradictory connotations: Trump and Sanders are labelled populists, but that is probably the most they have in common. The problem is probably less fake news, but fake media = most corporate media.
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