Understanding the word FAKE when it comes to “fake news”

The Island Now

Please, Joan Swirsky, get a dictionary and look up the word FAKE, because that word does not mean what you think it means.

Your examples of fake news re FDR, JFK and LBJ are nonsense. Not saying something is not fake. FAKE is making up stuff that’s not true; e.g. Trump’s claim of the largest inauguration crowd ever. Or that no one else won Wisconsin. Both FAKE or lies.

Covering up something is not the same as making up something.

You mention Democrat (should be Democratic) corrupt politicians. Can you spell Duncan Hunter or Chris Collins?

As for Barak Obama, he’s an American no matter where he was born (which was Hawaii). He’s an American because his mother was an American: she was born in Kansas. This is according to the Constitution.

Learn some FACTS before your next round of gibberish.

Mary Ellen Scherer

New Hyde Park

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