A critical/reflective essay on whether you consider ‘fake news’ a particular problem of social media. If so, why? And if not, why?

A critical/reflective essay on whether you consider ‘fake news’ a particular problem of social media. If so, why? And if not, why?
There is a long media history of co-mingling not-entirely-true, or outright fake, stories with true stories. In addition, fake or not-so-true stories can have more powerful influence than true ones. Please read these articles about ‘fake news’: