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Calculated Shard: 160 (from laksa190)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa160.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://weverify.eu/news/trump-and-fake-news/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://weverify.eu/news/trump-and-fake-news/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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Our Twitter SNA tool allows us to analyse hyper-partisan discourse and disinformation campaigns on keyword, hashtag or url queries. \n840 “fake news” tweets in four years\nDuring his four-years in power, Mr Trump used the expression “fake news” 840 times since December 10, 2016, when he was still president-elect. And he attracted a considerable amount of unedited retweets and likes. \nWeVerify Twitter SNA component on Donald Trump’s “fake news” tweets\nThe automated propagation timeline shows the compulsive usage of the expression “fake news”. Those tweets managed to engage the audience at the end of Mr. Trump’s mandate. It reflects the polarisation in American politics.\nIn total, Mr. Trump employed both words\nfake\nand\nnews\nin 876 tweets, an oxymoron that he claimed to be at the origin. In 230 tweets of them, he also used another flavour: “fake news media”. 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And he attracted a considerable amount of unedited retweets and likes.\n\n![WeVerify Twitter SNA component on Donald Trump's \"fake news\" tweets](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-01-19-at-23.46.17-900x563.png)\n\nWeVerify Twitter SNA component on Donald Trump’s “fake news” tweets\n\nThe automated propagation timeline shows the compulsive usage of the expression “fake news”. Those tweets managed to engage the audience at the end of Mr. Trump’s mandate. It reflects the polarisation in American politics.\n\nIn total, Mr. Trump employed both words **fake** and **news** in 876 tweets, an oxymoron that he claimed to be at the origin. In 230 tweets of them, he also used another flavour: “fake news media”. As media studies scholar Mark Andrejevic (\\*) puts it: “the goal is no longer to sustain a dominant narrative, but to prevent any sustainable counter-narrative to emerge (…) to sow doubt that renders all narratives suspect”.\n\nOur automated and clickable word cloud allows to analyse each term employed by Mr. Trump in his “fake news” tweets and to retrieve the corresponding tweets. CNN, NBC and New York Times appear frequently, as well for different reasons, Fox News.\n\n![Trump \"fake news\" word cloud](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/TrumpWordCloud@4x-900x251.png)\n\nDonald Trump “fake news” tweets word cloud\n\nWill the expression “fake news” remain as a legacy of Mr. Trump presidency and keep spreading like a pandemic ? The future will tell us. 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MIT Press.\n\n- Tags:\n- [disinformation](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/tag\/disinformation\/)\n- [fake news](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/tag\/fake-news-2\/)\n- [social network analysis](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/tag\/social-network-analysis\/)\n- [Trump](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/tag\/trump\/)\n- [twitter](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/tag\/twitter\/)\n\n- Share:\n\n## Leave a Comment\nsing in to post your comment or sign-up if you dont have any account.\n\n### [Cancel reply](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/news\/trump-and-fake-news\/#respond)\n\n- ### 0\n\nWeVerify - Wider and Enhanced Verification For You\n\n###### ![](https:\/\/europa.eu\/european-union\/sites\/europaeu\/files\/docs\/body\/flag_yellow_low.jpg)This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825297\n\n- [Privacy Policy](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/weverify-eu-privacy-policy\/)\n### Login with","attrs_readable_markdown":"By  on January 22nd, 2021 in [Blog Posts](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/category\/blog\/), [News](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/category\/news\/)\n\nThe former US president Donald Trump is well known for his disproportionate use of the expression “fake news” during his four-years mandate. Especially on Twitter, Mr Trump will be recorded as the main politician weaponizing this catch-all expression to undermine media organisations and journalists.\n\n![Donald Trump's first tweet on \"fake news\"](https:\/\/weverify.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-01-20-at-00.27.21-900x271.png)\n\nDonald Trump’s first tweet on “fake news”\n\nWithin the WeVerify EU project, we are building social networks analysis tools for journalists, fact-checkers and researchers. Our Twitter SNA tool allows us to analyse hyper-partisan discourse and disinformation campaigns on keyword, hashtag or url queries.\n\n##### 840 “fake news” tweets in four years\nDuring his four-years in power, Mr Trump used the expression “fake news” 840 times since December 10, 2016, when he was still president-elect. 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Filter	Status	Condition	Details
HTTP status	PASS	`download_http_code = 200`	HTTP 200
Age cutoff	PASS	`download_stamp > now() - 6 MONTH`	0.1 months ago
History drop	PASS	`isNull(history_drop_reason)`	No drop reason
Spam/ban	PASS	`fh_dont_index != 1 AND ml_spam_score = 0`	ml_spam_score=0
Canonical	PASS	`meta_canonical IS NULL OR = '' OR = src_unparsed`	Not set

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URL	https://weverify.eu/news/trump-and-fake-news/
Last Crawled	2026-04-09 20:34:47 (4 days ago)
First Indexed	2021-01-22 16:38:14 (5 years ago)
HTTP Status Code	200
Meta Title	Trump and "fake news" - WeVerify
Meta Description	null
Meta Canonical	null
Boilerpipe Text	By on January 22nd, 2021 in Blog Posts , News The former US president Donald Trump is well known for his disproportionate use of the expression “fake news” during his four-years mandate. Especially on Twitter, Mr Trump will be recorded as the main politician weaponizing this catch-all expression to undermine media organisations and journalists. Donald Trump’s first tweet on “fake news” Within the WeVerify EU project, we are building social networks analysis tools for journalists, fact-checkers and researchers. Our Twitter SNA tool allows us to analyse hyper-partisan discourse and disinformation campaigns on keyword, hashtag or url queries. 840 “fake news” tweets in four years During his four-years in power, Mr Trump used the expression “fake news” 840 times since December 10, 2016, when he was still president-elect. And he attracted a considerable amount of unedited retweets and likes. WeVerify Twitter SNA component on Donald Trump’s “fake news” tweets The automated propagation timeline shows the compulsive usage of the expression “fake news”. Those tweets managed to engage the audience at the end of Mr. Trump’s mandate. It reflects the polarisation in American politics. In total, Mr. Trump employed both words fake and news in 876 tweets, an oxymoron that he claimed to be at the origin. In 230 tweets of them, he also used another flavour: “fake news media”. As media studies scholar Mark Andrejevic () puts it: “the goal is no longer to sustain a dominant narrative, but to prevent any sustainable counter-narrative to emerge (…) to sow doubt that renders all narratives suspect”. Our automated and clickable word cloud allows to analyse each term employed by Mr. Trump in his “fake news” tweets and to retrieve the corresponding tweets. CNN, NBC and New York Times appear frequently, as well for different reasons, Fox News. Donald Trump “fake news” tweets word cloud Will the expression “fake news” remain as a legacy of Mr. Trump presidency and keep spreading like a pandemic ? The future will tell us. In the meantime, as writes Social science researcher Johan Farkas: “the term fake news has become a rhetorical weapon, increasingly mobilized by political actors to attack their opponents” (). (*) Both Mark Andrejevic and Johan Farkas quotes come from the book Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age (2020), by Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod eds. MIT Press.
Markdown	[![WeVerify](https://weverify.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/weverify-logo-1.png)](https://weverify.eu/) Toggle navigation - [About us](https://weverify.eu/about/ "About us") - [Overview](https://weverify.eu/about-us/overview/ "Overview") - [Approach](https://weverify.eu/approach/ "Approach") - [Partners/ Consortium](https://weverify.eu/partners-consortium/ "Partners/ Consortium") - [Ontotext AD](https://weverify.eu/ontotext-ad/ "Ontotext AD") - [University of Sheffield (USFD)](https://weverify.eu/university-of-sheffield-usfd/ "University of Sheffield (USFD)") - [Deutsche Welle (DW)](https://weverify.eu/deutsche-welle-dw/ "Deutsche Welle (DW)") - [Agence France-Presse (AFP)](https://weverify.eu/agence-france-presse-afp/ "Agence France-Presse (AFP)") - [Athens Technology Center (ATC)](https://weverify.eu/athens-technology-center-atc/ "Athens Technology Center (ATC)") - [Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)](https://weverify.eu/centre-for-research-and-technology-hellas-certh/ "Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)") - [EU DisinfoLab](https://weverify.eu/eu-disinfolab/ "EU DisinfoLab") - [Verification plugin](https://weverify.eu/verification-plugin/ "Verification plugin") - [Results]("Results") - [Tools](https://weverify.eu/tools/ "Tools") - [Deliverables](https://weverify.eu/deliverables/ "Deliverables") - [Datasets](https://weverify.eu/datasets/ "Datasets") - [Demos and Presentations](https://weverify.eu/demos-presentations/ "Demos and Presentations") - [News and Events](https://weverify.eu/news-and-events/ "News and Events") - [Blog](https://weverify.eu/blog/ "Blog") - [COVID-19](https://weverify.eu/internal-test/ "COVID-19") # Trump and “fake news” - [home](https://weverify.eu/) - / - [Blog Posts](https://weverify.eu/category/blog/) - [News](https://weverify.eu/category/news/) - / - Trump and “fake news” By [Denis Teyssou](https://weverify.eu/members/denis-teyssou/ "Posts by Denis Teyssou") on January 22nd, 2021 in [Blog Posts](https://weverify.eu/category/blog/), [News](https://weverify.eu/category/news/) The former US president Donald Trump is well known for his disproportionate use of the expression “fake news” during his four-years mandate. Especially on Twitter, Mr Trump will be recorded as the main politician weaponizing this catch-all expression to undermine media organisations and journalists. ![Donald Trump's first tweet on "fake news"](https://weverify.eu/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-01-20-at-00.27.21-900x271.png) Donald Trump’s first tweet on “fake news” Within the WeVerify EU project, we are building social networks analysis tools for journalists, fact-checkers and researchers. Our Twitter SNA tool allows us to analyse hyper-partisan discourse and disinformation campaigns on keyword, hashtag or url queries. ##### 840 “fake news” tweets in four years During his four-years in power, Mr Trump used the expression “fake news” 840 times since December 10, 2016, when he was still president-elect. And he attracted a considerable amount of unedited retweets and likes. ![WeVerify Twitter SNA component on Donald Trump's "fake news" tweets](https://weverify.eu/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-01-19-at-23.46.17-900x563.png) WeVerify Twitter SNA component on Donald Trump’s “fake news” tweets The automated propagation timeline shows the compulsive usage of the expression “fake news”. Those tweets managed to engage the audience at the end of Mr. Trump’s mandate. It reflects the polarisation in American politics. In total, Mr. Trump employed both words fake and news in 876 tweets, an oxymoron that he claimed to be at the origin. In 230 tweets of them, he also used another flavour: “fake news media”. As media studies scholar Mark Andrejevic (\) puts it: “the goal is no longer to sustain a dominant narrative, but to prevent any sustainable counter-narrative to emerge (…) to sow doubt that renders all narratives suspect”. Our automated and clickable word cloud allows to analyse each term employed by Mr. Trump in his “fake news” tweets and to retrieve the corresponding tweets. CNN, NBC and New York Times appear frequently, as well for different reasons, Fox News. ![Trump "fake news" word cloud](https://weverify.eu/wp-content/uploads/TrumpWordCloud@4x-900x251.png) Donald Trump “fake news” tweets word cloud Will the expression “fake news” remain as a legacy of Mr. Trump presidency and keep spreading like a pandemic ? The future will tell us. In the meantime, as writes Social science researcher Johan Farkas: “the term fake news has become a rhetorical weapon, increasingly mobilized by political actors to attack their opponents” (\). (\*) Both Mark Andrejevic and Johan Farkas quotes come from the book Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age (2020), by Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod eds. MIT Press. - Tags: - [disinformation](https://weverify.eu/tag/disinformation/) - [fake news](https://weverify.eu/tag/fake-news-2/) - [social network analysis](https://weverify.eu/tag/social-network-analysis/) - [Trump](https://weverify.eu/tag/trump/) - [twitter](https://weverify.eu/tag/twitter/) - Share: ## Leave a Comment sing in to post your comment or sign-up if you dont have any account. ### [Cancel reply](https://weverify.eu/news/trump-and-fake-news/#respond) - ### 0 WeVerify - Wider and Enhanced Verification For You ###### ![](https://europa.eu/european-union/sites/europaeu/files/docs/body/flag_yellow_low.jpg)This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 825297 - [Privacy Policy](https://weverify.eu/weverify-eu-privacy-policy/) ### Login with
Readable Markdown	By on January 22nd, 2021 in [Blog Posts](https://weverify.eu/category/blog/), [News](https://weverify.eu/category/news/) The former US president Donald Trump is well known for his disproportionate use of the expression “fake news” during his four-years mandate. Especially on Twitter, Mr Trump will be recorded as the main politician weaponizing this catch-all expression to undermine media organisations and journalists. ![Donald Trump's first tweet on "fake news"](https://weverify.eu/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-01-20-at-00.27.21-900x271.png) Donald Trump’s first tweet on “fake news” Within the WeVerify EU project, we are building social networks analysis tools for journalists, fact-checkers and researchers. Our Twitter SNA tool allows us to analyse hyper-partisan discourse and disinformation campaigns on keyword, hashtag or url queries. ##### 840 “fake news” tweets in four years During his four-years in power, Mr Trump used the expression “fake news” 840 times since December 10, 2016, when he was still president-elect. And he attracted a considerable amount of unedited retweets and likes. ![WeVerify Twitter SNA component on Donald Trump's "fake news" tweets](https://weverify.eu/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2021-01-19-at-23.46.17-900x563.png) WeVerify Twitter SNA component on Donald Trump’s “fake news” tweets The automated propagation timeline shows the compulsive usage of the expression “fake news”. Those tweets managed to engage the audience at the end of Mr. Trump’s mandate. It reflects the polarisation in American politics. In total, Mr. Trump employed both words fake and news in 876 tweets, an oxymoron that he claimed to be at the origin. In 230 tweets of them, he also used another flavour: “fake news media”. As media studies scholar Mark Andrejevic (\) puts it: “the goal is no longer to sustain a dominant narrative, but to prevent any sustainable counter-narrative to emerge (…) to sow doubt that renders all narratives suspect”. Our automated and clickable word cloud allows to analyse each term employed by Mr. Trump in his “fake news” tweets and to retrieve the corresponding tweets. CNN, NBC and New York Times appear frequently, as well for different reasons, Fox News. ![Trump "fake news" word cloud](https://weverify.eu/wp-content/uploads/TrumpWordCloud@4x-900x251.png) Donald Trump “fake news” tweets word cloud Will the expression “fake news” remain as a legacy of Mr. Trump presidency and keep spreading like a pandemic ? The future will tell us. In the meantime, as writes Social science researcher Johan Farkas: “the term fake news has become a rhetorical weapon, increasingly mobilized by political actors to attack their opponents” (\). (\*) Both Mark Andrejevic and Johan Farkas quotes come from the book Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age (2020), by Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod eds. MIT Press.
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