Is fake news really that fake?

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Election season is upon us and the issue of “fake news” is all the rage once again. But is “fake news” really that “fake”?

Our assumptions about what is or isn’t “fake” is based on our understanding of what makes something true in our society.

Truth, however, is one of the most misunderstood ideas in culture. As much as we’d like to think of truth as a singular rational idea — that…