Source: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139384432/its-no-trick-merriam-webster-says-gaslighting-is-the-word-of-the-year NEW YORK — "Gaslighting" — mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster's word of the year.… Although easy to understand like propaganda and ‘fake news,’ the abuse is no match for the harder and slower work of documented facts and data. Bob Wilson
The bigger issue than gaslighting (which everyone does) is how and who determines fake news. You could call most advertising gaslighting. I know when I watch some ads, I wonder how can they get away with saying that. So it is not a stretch to employ the same tactics with news. But that is the world we live in today...