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People got vastly more misinformation from Donald Trump than they did from fake news websites—full stop." [ 202 ] A 2019 study by researchers at Princeton and New York University found that a person's likelihood of sharing fake-news articles correlated more strongly with age than it did education, sex, or political views. 11% of users older ...
A new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate finds that "just 12 anti-vaxxers are responsible for almost two-thirds of anti-vaccine content circulating on social media platforms."
Publishes anti-vaccine and climate change denial misinformation. [268] [266] The Daily Wire: dailywire.com Published multiple false claims that were debunked by Snopes. Per the Daily Beast, Mike Adams would repeatedly post to the site "to attack and mock... students, staff, and faculty" at University of North Carolina Wilmington. [269]
People may be more prone to believe misinformation because they are emotionally connected to what they are listening to or are reading. Social media has made information readily available to society at anytime, and it connects vast groups of people along with their information at one time. [ 16 ]
A new poll from KFF finds that many Americans still encounter misinformation often and don’t know whether to believe it. Although not a new phenomenon, health misinformation became even more ...
The Economist used the results of an opt-in poll for its December 2023 story alleging 1 in 5 young Americans didn’t believe the Holocaust happened. Reportedly 20% of adult survey takers who ...
Fake news websites target United States audiences by using disinformation to create or inflame controversial topics such as the 2016 election. [1] [2] Most fake news websites target readers by impersonating or pretending to be real news organizations, which can lead to legitimate news organizations further spreading their message. [3]
The number of people employed in fact-checking varies by publication. Some organizations have substantial fact-checking departments. For example, The New Yorker magazine had 16 fact-checkers in 2003 [ 128 ] and the fact-checking department of the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel counted 70 staff in 2017. [ 130 ]