‘News’ – where does it come from and what does it really mean?
Most people follow the news – it can be difficult to avoid sometimes. But what is it, and where does the word come from? In episode two of our new series, Fake News: Fact and Fiction, we take a look at the word ‘news’.
Key vocabulary
no news is good news
everything is OK, probably
that’s news to me
I didn’t know that
breaking news
new news
to break the news
to pass on news to someone