A shocking number of young people can’t separate fact from fiction online

A shocking number of young people can’t separate fact from fiction online

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The overwhelming majority of young people are unable to sift through online information and separate fact, fiction and opinion, according to a new study from Stanford University.

Among the hair-raising findings: 93 percent of collegestudents tested were unable to flag a lobbyist’s website as a biased source of information. Younger students fared poorly, too. Fewer…

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