Fake News and the Election

Fake news is everywhere and we all know it. Fake news has become more and more of an issue, but is it truly an issue for elections and political parties? Fake news does not actually persuade people's votes in an election, according to The New York Times. During the election, what fake news articles people see on social media platforms or news platforms has little to no effect on what the common person stands for while choosing the president that they want to elect. There are many things that go into finding out whether or not the audience was swayed by fake news, like how many people actually saw the fake news or even if the audience can be persuaded. The author of the article stated, “For instance, a study I conducted with Andrew Guess of Princeton and Jason Reifler of the University of Exeter in Britain showed that exposure to fake news websites before the 2016 election was heavily concentrated among the 10 percent of Americans with the most conservative information diets — not exactly swing voters.” [1 image, 3 links, 1 quotation, 177 words].