17-11-2016 21:28 via 10tv.com

Probe reveals stunning stats about fake election headlines on Facebook

People who got their election news on Facebook might have been looking at more fake stories than real ones.BuzzFeed News concluded that the fake clickbait headlines hooked users more often than real headlines, after analyzing the last three months of campaign coverage. The report compared fake news from hoax sites and hyper-partisan blogs to legitimate new articles from 19 major news outlets, including the New York Times, Fox News and even CBS News, reports CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan.
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