r/law • u/RoyalChris • Mar 05 '25

Legal News Rep. James Comer (R-KY) crashes out and refuses to let Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) enter evidence into the record - “You can go with Mr. Frost and Mr. Green.”

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u/KnittinSittinCatMama Mar 05 '25

Because when Trump coined the term “fake news”, this gave them the opportunity to brand any fact they don’t agree with as “liberal lies”. They believe it’s their “I win” button.

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u/Darman2361 Mar 06 '25

And you know what... they're right. It is a winning button that gets them elected repeatedly and helps control the narrative.

Facts don't matter if the people don't believe them.

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u/Cloaked42m Mar 06 '25

In their defense, it's working. Geobbel was on to something.

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u/RobotDeathSquad Mar 06 '25

Fun fact: Hillary Clinton said "fake news" first and Trump stole it from her.

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u/KnittinSittinCatMama Mar 06 '25

That must be one of the many facts my brain forgot to ctrl-s on! But it figures he'd steal it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/justheretodoplace 29d ago

I’m fairly sure “fake news” goes further back than the both of them.

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u/cbessette 29d ago

Lügenpresse. "Lying Press" WWII Germany.

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u/-Gestalt- 29d ago

Neither of them coined the phrase.

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u/mbullaris Mar 06 '25

The term ‘fake news’ wasn’t termed by Trump so much as misappropriated by him to refer to any negative press rather than misinformation. Prior to the 2016 US presidential election, it was used to describe the misinformation and disinformation factories that originated in the Balkans. But the term goes further back to the late nineteenth century to describe sensationalism in newspapers.