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Social media and video networks have become the main source of news in the US, overtaking traditional TV channels and news ...

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The second reason is the public’s loss of connection with the media source that created the news story.

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To strengthen the trust of our audiences around the world and to meet our own values, we long ago set tough rules on attribution and on the use of anonymous sources.

In our era, websites, television, and social media provide many alternative health information sources in addition to those used in the past.

Residents of Oakdale, Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources. These days, they’re often not sure what information to trust.

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Fake news is intentional disinformation made to resemble a legitimate news media source. Pseudoscience consists of information that looks and sounds science-like but lacks real science's peer ...

Social media and video networks have become the main source of news in the US, overtaking traditional TV channels and news websites, research suggests. More than half (54%) of people get news from ...