Posted on 06/27/2018 10:46:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A new survey shows 72% of Americans believe “traditional major news sources report news they know to be fake, false, or purposely misleading.”
In the survey by Axios/SurveyMonkey, respondents were asked “How often do you think traditional major news sources report news they know to be fake. False, or purposely misleading?”
The survey also showed on the political side that 92% of Republicans said that traditional news sources report news they know to be fake, along with 54% of Democrats. Additionally, the survey showed 79% of Independents said that traditional news sources report news they know to be fake. […]
Among those who think traditional news outlets report false news, about two-thirds think they do so intentionally to advance “an agenda.” […]
Only 3% of Americans said that fake news makes the headlines “by accident.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Elaine Benes ...”FAKE” , “FAKE” ...”FAKE FAKE”
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