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Is This the Oldest Example of ‘Fake News’?

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A University of Cambridge academic claims to have found the earliest example of fake news, engraved on 3,000-year-old clay tablets.

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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

Fake news is one of the catchphrases and new realities of the Trump presidency. While the public is misled by fake stories, politicians dismiss credible inquiries and investigations as “fake news.”

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