<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>In its 28th annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted for "fake news" as the Word of the Year for 2017. Defined in two ways, “disinformation or falsehoods presented as real news” and “actual news that is claimed to be untrue,” "fake news" was selected as best representing the public discourse and preoccupations of the past year. </div><div><br></div><div>Read the full press release, including all winners, candidates, and vote tallies for all candidates:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.americandialect.org/fake-news-is-2017-american-dialect-society-word-of-the-year">https://www.americandialect.org/fake-news-is-2017-american-dialect-society-word-of-the-year</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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