Question: Do you think worries over the distribution of fake/inaccurate news online and through platforms weaken or strengthen the position of news media like yours?
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Predictions on effect of misinformation on strength of journalism worldwide 2020
Around 70 percent of leading digital executives from around the world reported that concerns about fake news strengthens their own media platforms. A report looking at trends in journalism and media in 2021 found that the majority feel that worries about the distribution of unreliable information improves the quality of journalism.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (January 7, 2021). Attitudes to how concerns of fake news could impact the quality of journalism according to industry leaders worldwide as of December 2020 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 04, 2026, from /statistics/1249540/effect-of-fake-news-on-journalism-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Attitudes to how concerns of fake news could impact the quality of journalism according to industry leaders worldwide as of December 2020." Chart. January 7, 2021. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 04, 2026. /statistics/1249540/effect-of-fake-news-on-journalism-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2021). Attitudes to how concerns of fake news could impact the quality of journalism according to industry leaders worldwide as of December 2020. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 04, 2026. /statistics/1249540/effect-of-fake-news-on-journalism-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Attitudes to How Concerns of Fake News Could Impact The Quality of Journalism According to Industry Leaders Worldwide as of December 2020." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 7 Jan 2021, /statistics/1249540/effect-of-fake-news-on-journalism-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Attitudes to how concerns of fake news could impact the quality of journalism according to industry leaders worldwide as of December 2020 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1249540/effect-of-fake-news-on-journalism-worldwide/ (last visited August 04, 2026)
Attitudes to how concerns of fake news could impact the quality of journalism according to industry leaders worldwide as of December 2020 [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, January 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1249540/effect-of-fake-news-on-journalism-worldwide/
