By arguing with a message, you are spreading it further. This matters, because if more people see it, or see it more often, it will have an even greater effect.
Meanwhile, Republican Sen. Mike Lee says fact-checking is a form of censorship, and Wikipedia explains how it plans to fight Election Day misinformation.
The far-right site The Gateway Pundit was by far was the most-shared fake news domain; in some months, its stories were shared almost as often as stories from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and CNN.
“On Google, searching for ‘coronavirus facts’ gives you a full overview of official statistics and visualizations. That’s not the case for ‘coronavirus truth.'”
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APA
Benton, J. (2020, Mar. 23). These are the four waves of journalism studies over the past 20 years: the participatory, crisis, platforms, and populist eras. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/03/these-are-the-four-waves-of-journalism-studies-over-the-past-20-years-the-participatory-crisis-platforms-and-populist-eras/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "These are the four waves of journalism studies over the past 20 years: the participatory, crisis, platforms, and populist eras." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 23, 2020. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/03/these-are-the-four-waves-of-journalism-studies-over-the-past-20-years-the-participatory-crisis-platforms-and-populist-eras/.
Wikipedia
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