In a stunning capture, a participant in a suspected fake news operation which stretches Europe has been located to a leafy suburb in Reading, Berkshire. The white car pictured was occupied by a suspect who is considered to be a participant but not a senior partner in such a media-related crime.
The point is suspects involved are alleged to be guilty of both ruining journalistic careers and also peddling fake news stories to outlets in a pan-European style. It means news is suppressed, altered, or completely fabricated to meet the aims of paying clients. This is attained in part by carrying fake press credentials.
In context it’s counted as serious fraud. The ramifications of it is not understood fully and it does not extend to political forums at all. However such low-level criminality exists to profit off legitimate work but also to further criminal ends. There may be vendetta’s involved in this sort of crime.