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Ability to recognize fake news in the United States 2017, by gender

How confident are you that you can tell real news from fake news?

The data describes results of a survey regarding the levels of confidence about being able to recognize fake news in the U.S. as of October 2017, by gender. It was found that 18% of female respondents felt that they were not very confident in being able to spot fake news in 2017.

Very confident	30	14
Somewhat confident	43	45
Not very confident	13	18
Not at all confident	5	6
Not sure	10	17

Ability to recognize fake news in the United States 2017, by gender

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