According to an online survey conducted in the United States in March 2022, 44 percent of journalists reported that they sometimes came across information that they believed was false or made up when working on a story. Overall, a quarter of U.S. based journalists said that they saw false information fairly often, and eight percent stated they encountered it extremely often.
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Pew Research Center. (June 14, 2022). Frequency of journalists encountering false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 16, 2026, from /statistics/1319457/journalists-finding-false-information-us/
Pew Research Center. "Frequency of journalists encountering false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022." Chart. June 14, 2022. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 16, 2026. /statistics/1319457/journalists-finding-false-information-us/
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Pew Research Center. "Frequency of Journalists Encountering False or Made-up Information When Working on a Story in The United States as of March 2022." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 14 Jun 2022, /statistics/1319457/journalists-finding-false-information-us/
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Frequency of journalists encountering false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022 [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1319457/journalists-finding-false-information-us/
