. @SheriffClarke : ‘Fake news’ started in Ferguson when MSNBC, NYTimes and the Washington Post all propagated the 'Hands up, Don’t shoot' lie pic.twitter.com/8grLfJeiVy

Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Milwaukee County, WI Sheriff David Clarke said the entire phenomenon of so-called “fake news” began in 2014 with the “hands up, don’t shoot” claim of the August 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.

Clarke called it a “lie” and said it had been propagated by many mainstream media outlets.

“It’s the anniversary of that fateful summer night in August of 2014 that started with the ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ lie that was propagated by every mainstream liberal media across this country,” Clarke said. “The New York Times, The Washington Post, the LA Times, the Chicago Tribune, CNN, MSNBC all propagated that ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ lie. It was from that time forward that this concept of fake news was talked about.”

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