Many Americans Say Made-Up News Is a Critical Problem That Needs To Be Fixed. Pew Research Center. Amy Mitchell et al. June 5, 2019.
Politicians viewed as major creators of it, but journalists seen as the ones who should fix it
Many Americans say the creation and spread of made-up news and information is causing significant harm to the nation and needs to be stopped, according to a new Pew Research Center survey of 6,127 U.S. adults conducted between Feb. 19 and March 4, 2019, on the Center’s American Trends Panel.
Indeed, more Americans view made-up news as a very big problem for the country than identify terrorism, illegal immigration, racism and sexism that way. Additionally, nearly seven-in-ten U.S. adults (68%) say made-up news and information greatly impacts Americans’ confidence in government institutions, and roughly half (54%) say it is having a major impact on our confidence in each other. [Note: contains copyrighted material].
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