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by Thomas E. Patterson, The Journalist s Resource
October 27, 2020
h1 Election Beat 2020: How news outlets become misinformation superspreaders /h1
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p Russia is again peddling misinformation in an attempt to upend our election. It’s an important news story, but there’s a larger threat that’s getting less coverage. In a New York University Stern School a href https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/april/tackling-domestic-disinformation what-the-social-media-companie.html study /a , Paul Barrett shows that Russia’s contribution to our misinformation problem is nearly a distraction compared with what Americans themselves are providing. An a href https://comprop.oii.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2018/11/marchal et al.pdf Oxford University study of Facebook and Twitter shares during the 2018 midterm election /a reached the same conclusion ....

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