Fake news are in the headlines: , Donald Trump criticized media outlets for spreading unsubstantiated reports on Russia having allegedly compiled dossiers about him. All the while, Americans actually do think that so-called fake news has the potential to cause confusion, according to data provided by .
Trump has had his own brushes with distorted information being spread by a member of his campaign, in connection with events dubbed "". He also took quite a while to distance himself from the ridiculous 鈥溾 conspiracy theory, which states that outgoing President Barack Obama isn鈥檛 an U.S. citizen by birth.
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Americans Think Fake News Has an Impact
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This chart shows views of U.S. adults on whether fake news has the power to sow confusion
