Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election
Viral Fake Election News Outperformed Real News On Facebook In Final Months Of The US Election
A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined.
Nov. 16, 2016, at 4:15 p.m. Craig Silverman BuzzFeed Founding Editor, Canada
In the final three months of the US presidential campaign, the top-performing fake election news stories on Facebook generated more engagement than the top stories from major news outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, NBC News, and others, a BuzzFeed News analysis has found.
During these critical months of the campaign, 20 top-performing false election stories from hoax sites and hyperpartisan blogs generated 8,711,000 shares, reactions, and comments on Facebook.
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