"Fake news" isn't a creation of the social media age. In the '80s, the Soviet Union worked to spread the idea that HIV/AIDS was manufactured by the U.S. government.

"Fake news" isn't a creation of the social media age. In the '80s, the Soviet Union worked to spread the idea that HIV/AIDS was manufactured by the U.S. government. https://t.co/KIzsnHFvC0

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