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Brits are bad at spotting fake news
A new study by Channel 4 and YouGov shows people in the UK are not good at identifying fake news. People were shown six headlines – three real and three fake but while 49% of Brits believe they can confidently identify a false news story just 4% were able to correctly single out the story by the headline. These included headlines such as ‘Tourist bitten by massive crocodile after trying to take a selfie’, which is true, and ‘Immigrants
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