Hyperpartisan Facebook Pages Are Publishing False And Misleading Information At An Alarming Rate
A BuzzFeed News analysis found that three big right-wing Facebook pages published false or misleading information 38% of the time during the period analyzed, and three large left-wing pages did so in nearly 20% of posts.
Hyperpartisan Facebook Pages Are Publishing False And Misleading Information At An Alarming Rate A BuzzFeed News analysis found that three big right-wing Facebook pages published false or misleading information 38% of the time during the period analyzed, and three large left-wing pages did so in nearly 20% of posts. By by Craig Silverman BuzzFeed Founding Editor, Canada and by Lauren Strapagiel BuzzFeed Staff and by Hamza Shaban BuzzFeed News Reporter and by Ellie Hall BuzzFeed News Reporter and by Jeremy Singer-Vine BuzzFeed News Reporter Posted on October 20, 2016, 4:47 pm comment Mark Davis
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