Fake News in the Trump Era: Deciphering What’s True in a ...

Fake news stories that favored Trump were shared a total of 30 million times on Facebook, while those that favored Clinton were shared eight million times (Allcott & Gentzkow, 2017). A BuzzFeed news analysis found that in the months leading up to the election, “the top-performing fake election stories on Facebook generated more engagement ... ................
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