Pew Survey: Some People Share Fake News Even When They Know It's Fake

Fourteen percent of its participants.

In the many, and often tangled, story lines running through and out of fake news, a Pew survey uncovers another one: people who share fake news. On purpose. When they knew it’s fake. It Pew’s 1,002-person survey, 14 percent of respondents said they have shared news they knew was fake, compared to the 16 percent who have done so by accident, only finding out it was fake after the fact.

But back to the 14 percent.

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