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The term “Lying Press” is derived from the German phrase “Lügenpresse.” It was used in World War I to attack enemy propaganda and resurfaced under the Nazis and during the 2014 anti-immigrant movement in Germany.

After the anti-islam movements in 2015, it was branded a taboo word by an academic panel and began to be used frequently in the among journalists. These verbal attacks against journalists turned into physical violence in Germany. “Lügenpresse”, without a doubt, has a detestable meaning in modern-day Germany.

This term emerged before the Nazis took over in Germany. In 1918, the German Defense Ministry released a book called “The Lügenpresse of Our Enemies.” “According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, the term was coined by Reinhold Anton in 1914.” In the beginning, the word was used more descriptively as an alternative for “enemy propaganda.” However, it quickly turned into an explosive propoganda slogan used to stir up hatred against Jewish people, as well as communists. Adolf Hitler's regime was frequently referred to as the “Lügenpresse apparatus.”

Till today, the term has an anti-Semitic connotation, and it implies hatred against journalists and everyone else who opposes the “will of the people.”