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To investigate general patterns in news information in the US, we combine a protocol for identifying major political news stories, 11 monthly surveys, three different samples, and a model of news discernment. When confronted with a true and a fake news story, 47% of subjects confidently choose the true story, 3% confidently choose the fake story, and the remaining half are uncertain. Socioeconomic differences are associated with large variations in the probability of selecting the true news story. Partisan congruence between an individual and a news story matters too, but has an impact that is up to an order of magnitude smaller.

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RITM, Room Gaudemet
Faculté Jean Monnet 54, Boulevard Desgranges
92330 SCEAUX

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