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Letter: Fake news has existed for a long time

Published 20 March 2019

From Clive Semmens, Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK

You observe that researchers are struggling to find out how people are influenced by disinformation (Leader, 23 February). I would add to this nice piece that fake news is not an internet phenomenon. It has always used whatever medium is available. You have only to pick up a copy of some newspapers to realise that.

Issue no. 3222 published 23 March 2019

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