# Fake News

Trump criticizes 'fake news' media over coverage of his legal battles and election prospects, while social media buzzes with discussions on misinformation and its impact.

### About Fake News
This topic concerns the creation and spread of deliberately false or misleading information presented as news.  

### Engagements: [----------] (24h)
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[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/fake-news/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [----------]  
Daily Average: [----------]  
[--] Month: [-----------] -61%  
[--] Months: [--------------] -17%  
[--] Year: [--------------] +154%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-12-05  
1-Year Low: [---------] on 2025-10-25  

Engagements by network (24h):
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### Mentions: [-----] (24h)
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[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/fake-news/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----]  
Daily Average: [-----]  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-06-26  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-02-16  

Mentions by network (24h):
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### Creators: [-----] (24h)
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[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/fake-news/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Fake News in the last [--] hours which is down 11% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [-----]  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-06-26  
1-Year Low: [-----] on 2025-02-16  

The most influential creators that mention Fake News in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                                      | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                      | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@tunemusicalmoments](/creator/youtube/tunemusicalmoments)   | [--]    | [---------] | [--]    | [------]      |
| [@sbtnews](/creator/youtube/sbtnews)                         | [--]    | [---------] | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@bnn_oficiall](/creator/twitter/bnn_oficiall)               | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@cazamosfakenews](/creator/twitter/cazamosfakenews)         | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@kanal13az](/creator/youtube/kanal13az)                     | [--]    | [---------] | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@jejezaum](/creator/twitter/jejezaum)                       | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [-----]       |
| [@valuetainmentcomedy](/creator/youtube/valuetainmentcomedy) | [--]    | [-------]   | [--]     | [---]         |
| [@Tonibaruch](/creator/twitter/Tonibaruch)                   | [--]    | [-----]     | [--]     | [---]         |
| [@grok](/creator/twitter/grok)                               | [--]    | [---------] | [--]    | [---]         |
| [@disposicao55](/creator/twitter/disposicao55)               | [--]   | [---]       | [--]     | [---]         |

[View More](/list/creators/fake-news/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 16%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:fake-news/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/fake-news/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 16%  
Daily Average: 8%  
[--] Month: 14% +7%  
[--] Months: 14% +8%  
[--] Year: 14% +8%  
1-Year High: 34% on 2025-02-18  
1-Year Low: 2% on 2025-03-11  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Community Support: (75%) Positive sentiment and engagement from the community.
- Fact-Checking Initiatives: (15%) Efforts to debunk misinformation and promote accurate information.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Misinformation Spread: (8%) The rapid dissemination of false or misleading content.
- Erosion of Trust: (2%) Declining public confidence in traditional news sources.
  

### Top Fake News News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Trump Says Maher Dinner Was Waste Compares to Kimmel Fallon Colbert "Fortunately his Television Ratings are so low that nobody will learn about his various Fake News statements about me" the president wrote on Truth Social Saturday"  
[News Link](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/trump-bill-maher-dinner-waste-kimmel-fallon-colbert-1236505887/) [@THR](/creator/x/THR) 2026-02-15T01:45Z 3.4M followers, 28.5K engagements


"Trial Date Set For Trump's $10 Billion BBC Lawsuit Over Fake News Editing Scandal ZeroHedge ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero"  
[News Link](https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trial-date-set-trumps-10-billion-bbc-lawsuit-over-fake-news-editing-scandal) [@zerohedge](/creator/x/zerohedge) 2026-02-13T14:10Z 2.5M followers, 49.7K engagements


"Trump Publicly Backs Proposed Merger BetweenNexstar And Tegna HuffPost Latest News "We need more competition against THE ENEMY the Fake News National TV Networks" Trump wrote in a social media post"  
[News Link](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-publicly-backs-proposed-merger-betweennexstar-and-tegna_n_69876be6e4b00178c3c2764c) [@HuffPost](/creator/x/HuffPost) 2026-02-07T17:04Z 10M followers, [----] engagements


"The Government Made This Fake News Broadcast About a Nuclear Attack on Indianapolis Watch a never-before-seen video from Mighty Derringer a Department of Energy training exercise simulating a nuclear terrorist attack on a major U.S. city"  
[News Link](https://gizmodo.com/watch-mighty-derringer-fake-news-about-nukes-in-indiana-1848711153) [@Gizmodo](/creator/x/Gizmodo) 2022-03-30T13:54Z 2.5M followers, 116.7K engagements



### Top Fake News Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"UFC needs to hold Kyoji Horiguchi vs Manel Kape [--] in Japan. Let's decide who deserves the title shot. Both are fighters Japan can be proud of. Holding this fight at UFC JAPAN makes perfect sense. Fake news. I am not fighting my son Joshua Van. My team and I have been pushing for this fight since my last one. However according to the UFC they had already promised the title shot to Tatsuro Taira after he defeated Brandon Royval. Even knowing that we kept pushing to Fake news. I am not fighting my son Joshua Van. My team and I have been pushing for this fight since my last one. However according"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ISSAMMA170/status/2022909901664915767) [@ISSAMMA170](/creator/x/ISSAMMA170) 2026-02-15T05:44Z [----] followers, 90.4K engagements


"@RoyIsThaTruth Why do you bastads just wake up in the morning and decide to start spreading fake news"  
[X Link](https://x.com/mark_kotun/status/2022907145788723466) [@mark_kotun](/creator/x/mark_kotun) 2026-02-15T05:33Z [----] followers, 90.4K engagements


"Fake news. I am not fighting my son Joshua Van. My team and I have been pushing for this fight since my last one. However according to the UFC they had already promised the title shot to Tatsuro Taira after he defeated Brandon Royval. Even knowing that we kept pushing to make this fight happen on March 7th. UFC told us there was a strong possibility. I was already cutting weight by Monday I was down to [---] lbs. In the end the UFC decided not to move forward with the fight because the short time. We keep moving forward. Patient as always. And believe me patience is something Ive mastered."  
[X Link](https://x.com/ManelKape/status/2022903367606112407) [@ManelKape](/creator/x/ManelKape) 2026-02-15T05:18Z 62K followers, 994.3K engagements


"@GlobeEyeNews He literally never said this. Stop spreading fake news"  
[X Link](https://x.com/pavan_t9/status/2022885281989632001) [@pavan_t9](/creator/x/pavan_t9) 2026-02-15T04:06Z [---] followers, 18.9K engagements

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