Before revision: The term was coined in 1973 by American writer Norman Mailer to mean a piece of information that becomes accepted as a fact even though it is not actually true, or an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print.Paul Dickson April 30, 2014, Time Magazine, The origins of writerly words, Retrieved November 14, 2015 Since the term's invention in 1973, it has become used to erroneously describe a brief or trivial item of news or information.
After revision: The term was coined in 1973 by American writer Norman Mailer to mean a piece of information that becomes accepted as a fact even though it is not actually true, or an invented fact believed to be true because it appears in print.Paul Dickson April 30, 2014, Time Magazine, The origins of writerly words, Retrieved November 14, 2015 Since the term's invention in 1973, it has become used to describe a brief or trivial item of news or information.