Yale Study Determines "Who Falls For Fake News"

Who falls for fake news sites? Yale University professors Gordon Pennycook and David Rand engaged in a study that sought answers on the question that “poses a threat to democracy.” While political conviction played a role – and Trump voters had a different profile in certain measurements than did Clinton supporters – what differentiated people’s susceptibility to embrace  fake news sites most was their ability or willingness to engage in analytical thinking. Fake news sites a threat to democracy? [russia] The persuasiveness of fake news sites can be summed up in one statistic: In 2016 the “likes” on Facebook was…