paid-media
This is when some smart-aleck group lies so much that people actually believe their stupid made-up stories are real facts. They repeat the same damn lie until you think it is true just like a broken record player.
Twitter posts spreading fake news about elections without any proof at all whatsoever.
A company paying to put ads on TV that look exactly like serious government announcements.
Bloggers writing angry letters pretending they are real journalists who care about truth.