About three-in-ten social media news consumers at least sometimes click on stories that they think are made up | Pew Research Center

June 3, 2019

2. Political leaders, activists viewed as prolific creators of made-up news; journalists seen as the ones to fix it

About three-in-ten social media news consumers at least sometimes click on stories that they think are made up

About three-in-ten social media news consumers at least sometimes click on stories that they think are made up

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2. Political leaders, activists viewed as prolific creators of made-up news; journalists seen as the ones to fix it
Most Americans say pushing an agenda and making money are major reasons made-up news gets created
Political leaders and activists seen as the most prolific creators of made-up news and information
About half say the news media have greatest responsibility to reduce made-up news
Roughly three-quarters say a lot of made-up news is created about politics and elections … and far more Americans think a lot is created about national than local issues
Most have checked facts in stories or stopped getting news from an outlet in response to made-up news
Half say they have avoided someone because they thought they would bring up made-up news
About three-in-ten social media news consumers at least sometimes click on stories that they think are made up