The statistic shows the level of confidence among consumers to recognize fake news in the United States in 2017, sorted by political affiliation. It was found that 31 percent of Democrats respondents felt that they were very confident in being able to spot fake news in 2017.
How confident are you that you can tell real news from fake news?
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Knight Foundation. (January 16, 2018). How confident are you that you can tell real news from fake news? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/730349/fake-news-recognition-politics/
Knight Foundation. "How confident are you that you can tell real news from fake news?." Chart. January 16, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/730349/fake-news-recognition-politics/
Knight Foundation. (2018). How confident are you that you can tell real news from fake news?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/730349/fake-news-recognition-politics/
Knight Foundation. "How Confident Are You That You Can Tell Real News from Fake News?." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/730349/fake-news-recognition-politics/
Knight Foundation, How confident are you that you can tell real news from fake news? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/730349/fake-news-recognition-politics/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
How confident are you that you can tell real news from fake news? [Graph], Knight Foundation, January 16, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/730349/fake-news-recognition-politics/