{"id":2462702,"date":"2020-10-29T14:22:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/?p=2462702"},"modified":"2020-10-29T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T18:22:35","slug":"cynical-voters-misinformation-fake-news-2462702","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.futurity.org\/cynical-voters-misinformation-fake-news-2462702\/","title":{"rendered":"Just feeling exposed to ‘fake news’ makes voters cynical"},"content":{"rendered":"
Even for voters savvy enough to separate good information from bad, just feeling exposed to misinformation is enough to make them cynical about politics come Election Day, a new study shows.<\/p>\n
In the days and weeks leading up to an election, sources bombard voters with information\u2014in the form of news stories, social media posts<\/a>, phone calls, text messages, and more. And in the age of “fake news,” not all of that information is reliable.<\/p>\n