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"Fake News" anyone? (GOP and misinformation)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/study-finds-sarah-palin-has-shared-historically-high-amount-of-misinformation-during-her-congressional-run/ar-AA11erhY?Study finds Sarah Palin has shared historically high amount of misinformation during her congressional run
"NewsGuard uses several point-based criteria to assess a site’s credibility and transparency, giving each site a score from 0 to 100 based on how well it adheres to those standards. NewsGuard considers those rated at 60 and above, which include such sources as The Washington Post, New York Times and CNN, to be reliable news sites. It considers those rated under 60, which include Breitbart and Daily Kos, to be unreliable."
As part of the study, they looked at the rate at which Republican candidates were sharing NewsGuard-designated "unreliable" news sources — and the results were striking.
"From January to July 2020, when Republican congressional candidates shared links to news sources, 8 percent came from sites rated as unreliable, on average each day. For Democratic candidates, the daily average was less than 1 percent," said the report. "Two years later, Republican candidates were leaning much more on unreliable news sources. From January to July 2022, on average each day, 36 percent of news that Republican candidates shared came from unreliable sites, while that was true for only 2 percent of news shared by Democratic candidates each day."
As part of the study, they looked at the rate at which Republican candidates were sharing NewsGuard-designated "unreliable" news sources — and the results were striking.
"From January to July 2020, when Republican congressional candidates shared links to news sources, 8 percent came from sites rated as unreliable, on average each day. For Democratic candidates, the daily average was less than 1 percent," said the report. "Two years later, Republican candidates were leaning much more on unreliable news sources. From January to July 2022, on average each day, 36 percent of news that Republican candidates shared came from unreliable sites, while that was true for only 2 percent of news shared by Democratic candidates each day."
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Captain Obvious is alive and well.
But it's actually refreshing to see that people are really studying this.
I wonder how often (if at all) NewsGuard reviews its ratings of news sources. I would be interested in tracking when and how the ratings change over time.