Fake news has been around for a long time, it used to be called propaganda (which is also the agenda) and more recently became known as spin, which has seen wholesale embrace from the political class.

Over twenty years ago we had three good local papers. This had dropped to two. Once you remove the property pages not much is left as bar dealer ads private ads for cars are rare. The back pages have local sport but the front news pages are limited in both quality and content. The car and restaurant reviews are not really worth reading as they are always excellent. Spotting errors in technical specs can be fun as most reviews feel as if they are written by someone doing a job and not someone with any real interest!

Add to those declining standards the phenomenon of fake news, something that the Daily Sport pioneered back in the 80s

I did enjoy the time that the Sport reported that a double decker bus had been found on the moon!

You will note that the mainstream media has censored this story but truth will out:

www.betootaadvocate.com/headlines/kim-jong-un-defe.../

Yes, it was that piece of fake news I was thinking about. So silly you couldn't possibly accept it as true, but still left a seed of doubt in your mind. Nowadays fake news is usually more carefully crafted and it can take proper research to root it out.

In any case, it wasn't the Australian Open that the Fat Boy won: it was the Dubai Golf Classic. He absolutely hammered that capitalist running dog McIlroy.