Fake News is A Real Problem
Facebook engagement of the top five fake election stories*
Headline Publisher
|
Engagements
|
| "Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump for President, Releases Statement" Ending the Fed |
960,000 |
| "Wikileaks CONFIRMS Hillary Sold Weapons to ISIS...Then Drops Another BOMBSHELL! Breaking News" The Political Insider |
789,000 |
| "IT'S OVER: Hillary's ISIS Email Just Leaked & It's Worse Than Anyone Could Have imagined" [sic] Ending the Fed |
754,000 |
| "Just Read The Law: Hillary Is Disqualified From Holding Any Federal Office" Ending the Fed |
701,000 |
| "FBI Agent Suspected in Hillary Email Leaks Found Dead in Appartment Murder-Suicide" [sic] Denver Guardian |
567,000 |
Total Facebook engagement for top 20 election stories (August-election day)
| Fake news |
8.7 m |
| Mainstream news |
7.3 m |
*Engagement is measured as total number of shares, reactions, and comments
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Source: Buzzsumo via Buzzfeed
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