Fake news nation: the long history of lies and misinterpretations in America

Introduction

Political communication in presidential elections and the case of 1828

Political communication in the age of television and the presidential election of 1960

Ultimate in conspiracies 1: assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

Ultimate in conspiracies 2: assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Fake facts and mythmaking in war: Cuba and the Spanish-American War

Rumors and misleading advertising in business

Information and misinformation in the tobacco industry

Misinformation, politics, and climate change

Conclusions.