Brendan Nyhan

Month: October 2019

  • New Upshot: Exploiting Americans’ trust in local news

    From my new Upshot column: The nature of the news misinformation problem may be changing. As consumers become more skeptical about the national news they encounter online, impostor local sites that promote ideological agendas are becoming more common. These sites exploit the relatively high trust Americans express in local news outlets — a potential vulnerability

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