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Confusion caused by made-up news in the United States 2016

Level of confusion caused by fake news in the United States as of December 2016

The data describes results of a survey regarding the levels of confusion caused by fake news in the U.S. as of December 2016. It was found that 64% of respondents believed that made-up news had caused a great deal of confusion about the basic facts of current events.

A great deal of confusion 64
Some confusion 24
Not much/no confusion 11