Fake News and Partisan Blowhards Were Invented in the 1800s
by David Uberti on Splinter, shared by Barry Petchesk from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#34AME)
Thomas Jefferson was looking for someone to write a hit piece. It was July 1793, just months after the U.S. declared neutrality in a war between Britain and France. The then-Secretary of State wanted a writer-or better yet, an entire publication-to criticize the government's decision and respond to the colleague who"