Fake news is not a new phenomenon. During WWI the British embarked on a massive fake news project to glorify the war and make it look like something other than what it was
Well that one is so common... well, "common" implies that it happens a lot, not constantly, so that's the wrong word. Anyway, the phenomena has a name, "propaganda". There's absolutely nothing new about that, it's been happening since we've had any form of governance in the world. It happens whether or not a country is at war, but war (declared or otherwise) certainly intensifies it. So I don't know if it's fair to compare lying about
something specific to
lying about pretty much everything. At least propaganda has a specific goal.
(and in a lot of cases, propoganda is believed by a majority of the target demographic at the time, Trump does not seem to be enjoying this)
