[barleyworth]

I doubt you'd call it "fake news" if a corporate acquisition was announced, just because the deal hadn't yet passed regulatory approval.

But then again, you clearly seem to have a dog in this fight.

[swat535]

Announcing something that hasn't happened yet makes it false.

The correctly should be something like "The Onion is attempting to buy Infowars"

[barleyworth]

Right, but one wonders why the parent commenter is not gleefully commenting about "fake news" on all of these articles: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=google+buys

This seems to be a notable story and doesn't need nakedly partisan hair-splitting.