This statistic presents the amount of news that consumers believe to be made up or fake in the United States in 2017. During the survey, 21 percent of respondents believed that a lot of the news they see reported was made up or fake news.
Out of all of the news you see reported, how much of it do you believe is made up or fake news?
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Morning Consult. (November 13, 2017). Out of all of the news you see reported, how much of it do you believe is made up or fake news? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/784051/made-up-or-fake-news-in-the-us/
Morning Consult. "Out of all of the news you see reported, how much of it do you believe is made up or fake news?." Chart. November 13, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784051/made-up-or-fake-news-in-the-us/
Morning Consult. (2017). Out of all of the news you see reported, how much of it do you believe is made up or fake news?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/784051/made-up-or-fake-news-in-the-us/
Morning Consult. "Out of All of The News You See Reported, How Much of It Do You Believe Is Made up or Fake News?." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784051/made-up-or-fake-news-in-the-us/
Morning Consult, Out of all of the news you see reported, how much of it do you believe is made up or fake news? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/784051/made-up-or-fake-news-in-the-us/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Out of all of the news you see reported, how much of it do you believe is made up or fake news? [Graph], Morning Consult, November 13, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/784051/made-up-or-fake-news-in-the-us/
