Misinformation is not about bad facts: an analysis of the production and consumption of fringe content

Misinformation is not about bad facts: an analysis of the production and consumption of fringe content

Abstract What if misinformation is not an information problem? To understand the role of news publishers in potentially unintentionally propagating misinformation, we examine how far-right and fringe online groups share and leverage established legacy news media articles to advance their narratives....

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Main Authors:	JooYoung Lee, Emily Booth, Hany Farid, Marian-Andrei Rizoiu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SpringerOpen 2025-07-01
Series:	EPJ Data Science
Subjects:	Misinformation Online social media Linguistic style
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00567-5
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