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Discussion of Findings of "Evaluating the fake news problem at the scale of the information ecosystem" Study

Even though the low prevalence of fake news was demonstrated in this study, fake news is still a problem worthy of attention because of the disproportionate impact of fake news compared with regular news.
However, the findings of this study that fake news is extremely rare suggests that concerns of possible threats to democracy should adapt to become more broader instead of solely focusing on the circulation of fake news.
Misunderstanding of political matters could originate from a combination of "ordinary bias and agenda setting in mainstream media," as well as the overall small amount of exposure Americans have to news content.
Future work on misinformation and its potential impacts on democracy should address all potential sources of problematic content, as well as the lack of relevant content, instead of solely focusing on the content that is the most easily identifiable and least associated with conventional media interests.

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Updated 2021-07-29

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