October 11, 2020 Origin of Fake News Traced Back to Friend Saying He Played āPokemon Purpleā in 2002 Origin of Fake News Traced Back to Friend Saying He Played āPokemon Purpleā in 2002 WASHINGTON ā Researchers have discovered that the origin of the “fake news” phenomenon stretches all the way back to 2002, when your friend Dennis McNulty…