But a look into the work of a 19th-century fake news writer helps explain this phenomenon—and what's going on today. The fake foreign correspondent. Fake news flourished in the 19th century.

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Techniques of 19th-Century Fake News Reporter Teach Us Why We Fall for It Today Theodor Fontane was a German newspaper's England correspondent – who reported 'from' London without leaving his ...