Report | June 5, 2019 X Facebook Threads LinkedIn WhatsApp Share Many Americans Say Made-Up News Is a Critical Problem That Needs To Be Fixed Appendix: Political awareness data By Amy Mitchell, Jeffrey Gottfried, Galen Stocking, Mason Walker and Sophia Fedeli Table of Contents Many Americans Say Made-Up News Is a Critical Problem That Needs To Be Fixed 1. Americans see made-up news as a bigger problem than other key issues in the country 2. Political leaders, activists viewed as prolific creators of made-up news; journalists seen as the ones to fix it 3. Americans think made-up news and videos create more confusion than other types of misinformation 4. Republicans see made-up news as a bigger problem than Democrats, are more likely to blame journalists 5. The highly politically aware are more concerned about made-up news, while the less aware spread it more 6. Younger Americans and those who prefer social media for news feel less concern about the issue of made-up news Appendix: Political awareness data Acknowledgments Methodology Next: Acknowledgments ← Prev Page 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 Next Page → Report PDFToplineAmerican Trends Panel Wave 45