Study: Congressfolks post more fake news on FB than public, Rs >>>> Ds, only Rs get more engagement

Well isn’t this just fucking great.

members of Congress share more links to low-quality news sites than the public on Facebook; Republican members share considerably more than Democrats & this gap is increasing. only Republican members get increased engagement when sharing low-quality sites
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10584609.2024.2306214
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https://bsky.app/profile/mattgrossmann.bsky.social/post/3klgccac6qt2n

Analyzed 300k post so not exactly small sample size.

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Who has a fucking fiddle I can play?

As far as the sharing, it completely tracks with my personal experience. Rs I know share far more questionable "news" stories than the Ds and it's not even close.

And the ones sharing literal fake news are the ones most likely to complain about the proliferation of "fake news" or call actual news fake.

Yep, one GOP rep was caught out sharing images of a migrant caravan headed for the border with Biden photoshopped saying "I did this!" - turns out the pic is from 2018.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/en...border-biden-photo_n_65ccfe67e4b0087d43c8b94c

Are you insinuating Congress is full of old people??

This thread title hurts my eyes.

Might need to get glasses then