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The facts misconstrued in the article: older people are more likely to spread news found on a set of 21 conservative web sites identified by BuzzFeed. A better
by burfog 8y ago
The facts misconstrued in the article: older people are more likely to spread news found on a set of 21 conservative web sites identified by BuzzFeed.
A better way to interpret those facts: older people lean conservative.
The research showed that political outlook was a far better way to predict sharing these web sites than age or even party affiliation.
- taeric 8y agoIs this just a slant saying that conservatives share more false news? That feels dangerous.
- burfog 8y agoIt's something like that. The study picked conservative news sites, then showed that various groups were more or less likely to spread that news. The most obvious finding in the study is that conservatives were more likely to spread this news, but it was also found that old people were more likely to spread it. The article focused on the old people.