'Doing your own research' can make fake news seem believable
While it's healthy to question what we see and hear in the media, those quick internet searches to fact-check news stories can unexpectedly backfire and lead people to believe false stories, according to the director of the University of Oregon's undergraduate journalism program.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-....fake-news-believable
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