text: We can make distinctions. Fake news is a cynical enterprise, a conscious disregard of journalistic norms for propagandistic, or even merely commercial, purposes.
  
  The gospels, for example, could be described as theological propaganda, but are they cynical? I'm convinced the evangelists believed Jesus was the Messiah and were intent on conveying essential truths. Whatever legendary or literary embellishments they deployed were acceptable biographical practice at the time. To compare such texts to venues like Breitbart is to generalize the notion of "fake news" beyond utility.