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Poll finds 90% of Canadians have fallen for fake news

TU Curmudgeon

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From the CBC

Poll finds 90% of Canadians have fallen for fake news
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Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll.

The poll of 25,229 internet users, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for Canada's Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), found that only 10 per cent of Canadian respondents said they had never fallen for fake news, which the poll defined as wholly or partly false information.

Another 52 per cent said that while they have fallen for fake news, they do it seldom; 33 per cent said it happened "sometimes" while 5 per cent said it happened "frequently."

The poll found that Canadians reported falling for fake news at a rate slightly higher than the international rate of 86 per cent and the North American average of 87 per cent.

The highest rate reported in the poll came from Egypt, where 93 per cent of respondents admitted to having fallen for fake news. The lowest reported rate was in Pakistan, where only 72 per cent said they had ever fallen for fake news.

COMMENT:-

I couldn't find a link to the actual poll referred to in this article (but I suspect that it is THIS ONE [and that one has links to what appears to be the whole poll, including methodology and data]) which is summarized HERE]), but I did find "In Era of Fake News, Trust in Traditional News Sources Rebounding". I suggest that both articles be read. (The second one is a later poll than the first.)

PS - Although conducted by a Canadian polling firm for a Canadian research agency, the polls contain data relevant to the US and (since the research agency doesn't appear to be trying to "sell" into the US market, one could suspect that the amount of "spin" the analysis places on the US data could very well be somewhat lower than the amount that was being placed on it by an agency attempting to "sell" into the US market.
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It’s true. Canadians are very gullible. They also can’t keep their noses out of American politics.
 
TU Curmudgeon said:
From the CBC

Poll finds 90% of Canadians have fallen for fake news
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Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll.

The poll of 25,229 internet users, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for Canada's Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), found that only 10 per cent of Canadian respondents said they had never fallen for fake news, which the poll defined as wholly or partly false information.

Another 52 per cent said that while they have fallen for fake news, they do it seldom; 33 per cent said it happened "sometimes" while 5 per cent said it happened "frequently."

The poll found that Canadians reported falling for fake news at a rate slightly higher than the international rate of 86 per cent and the North American average of 87 per cent.

The highest rate reported in the poll came from Egypt, where 93 per cent of respondents admitted to having fallen for fake news. The lowest reported rate was in Pakistan, where only 72 per cent said they had ever fallen for fake news.

COMMENT:-

I couldn't find a link to the actual poll referred to in this article (but I suspect that it is THIS ONE [and that one has links to what appears to be the whole poll, including methodology and data]) which is summarized HERE]), but I did find "In Era of Fake News, Trust in Traditional News Sources Rebounding". I suggest that both articles be read. (The second one is a later poll than the first.)

PS - Although conducted by a Canadian polling firm for a Canadian research agency, the polls contain data relevant to the US and (since the research agency doesn't appear to be trying to "sell" into the US market, one could suspect that the amount of "spin" the analysis places on the US data could very well be somewhat lower than the amount that was being placed on it by an agency attempting to "sell" into the US market.
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Yeah, make sense.

Not a lot of difference between Americans and Canadians when you get right down to it, so they just as likely to fall for fake news as Americans are.
 
All countries are effected by it and everyone will fall for it at some point. That is why a bigger effort to expose it is needed and especially those that promote it often.

Also one thing that would help...teaching 60+ year olds the basics of the Internet and especially social media. I am still getting "post this so Facebook can't steal your pictures" bull**** and that is what a 5+ year old scam?

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Poll suggesting 90% of Canadians fall for fake news is fake news.
 
TU Curmudgeon said:
From the CBC

Poll finds 90% of Canadians have fallen for fake news
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Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll.

The poll of 25,229 internet users, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for Canada's Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), found that only 10 per cent of Canadian respondents said they had never fallen for fake news, which the poll defined as wholly or partly false information.

Another 52 per cent said that while they have fallen for fake news, they do it seldom; 33 per cent said it happened "sometimes" while 5 per cent said it happened "frequently."

The poll found that Canadians reported falling for fake news at a rate slightly higher than the international rate of 86 per cent and the North American average of 87 per cent.

The highest rate reported in the poll came from Egypt, where 93 per cent of respondents admitted to having fallen for fake news. The lowest reported rate was in Pakistan, where only 72 per cent said they had ever fallen for fake news.

COMMENT:-

I couldn't find a link to the actual poll referred to in this article (but I suspect that it is THIS ONE [and that one has links to what appears to be the whole poll, including methodology and data]) which is summarized HERE]), but I did find "In Era of Fake News, Trust in Traditional News Sources Rebounding". I suggest that both articles be read. (The second one is a later poll than the first.)

PS - Although conducted by a Canadian polling firm for a Canadian research agency, the polls contain data relevant to the US and (since the research agency doesn't appear to be trying to "sell" into the US market, one could suspect that the amount of "spin" the analysis places on the US data could very well be somewhat lower than the amount that was being placed on it by an agency attempting to "sell" into the US market.
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Solution:

1. If your news comes from FB, Twitter, etc...be very suspicious. It's probably fake.

2. If your news begins with "BOMBSHELL!!", "Reportedly", "Sources say", it is, at best, rumors...very likely fake.

3. Wait for facts before reacting to news.

4. Learn how to winnow facts from an article full of spin.

Keep all this in mind and you will never fall for fake news.
 
When you drink a pint of maple syrup every morning, everything will feel like fake news. :2razz:
 
TU Curmudgeon said:
From the CBC

Poll finds 90% of Canadians have fallen for fake news
​

Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll.

The poll of 25,229 internet users, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for Canada's Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), found that only 10 per cent of Canadian respondents said they had never fallen for fake news, which the poll defined as wholly or partly false information.

Another 52 per cent said that while they have fallen for fake news, they do it seldom; 33 per cent said it happened "sometimes" while 5 per cent said it happened "frequently."

The poll found that Canadians reported falling for fake news at a rate slightly higher than the international rate of 86 per cent and the North American average of 87 per cent.

The highest rate reported in the poll came from Egypt, where 93 per cent of respondents admitted to having fallen for fake news. The lowest reported rate was in Pakistan, where only 72 per cent said they had ever fallen for fake news.

COMMENT:-

I couldn't find a link to the actual poll referred to in this article (but I suspect that it is THIS ONE [and that one has links to what appears to be the whole poll, including methodology and data]) which is summarized HERE]), but I did find "In Era of Fake News, Trust in Traditional News Sources Rebounding". I suggest that both articles be read. (The second one is a later poll than the first.)

PS - Although conducted by a Canadian polling firm for a Canadian research agency, the polls contain data relevant to the US and (since the research agency doesn't appear to be trying to "sell" into the US market, one could suspect that the amount of "spin" the analysis places on the US data could very well be somewhat lower than the amount that was being placed on it by an agency attempting to "sell" into the US market.
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This is interesting, particularly with comparisons between countries, but it sounds like a very flawed poll -- dependent on people to recognize that they've been fooled. Probably the most accurate conclusion you could draw from this survey is that 10% of Canadians were fooled by fake news and didn't recognize it.
 
TU Curmudgeon said:
From the CBC

Poll finds 90% of Canadians have fallen for fake news
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Ninety per cent of Canadians say they have fallen for fake news online, with many listing Facebook as the most common source of misleading reports, according to a new international public opinion poll.

The poll of 25,229 internet users, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for Canada's Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), found that only 10 per cent of Canadian respondents said they had never fallen for fake news, which the poll defined as wholly or partly false information.

Another 52 per cent said that while they have fallen for fake news, they do it seldom; 33 per cent said it happened "sometimes" while 5 per cent said it happened "frequently."

The poll found that Canadians reported falling for fake news at a rate slightly higher than the international rate of 86 per cent and the North American average of 87 per cent.

The highest rate reported in the poll came from Egypt, where 93 per cent of respondents admitted to having fallen for fake news. The lowest reported rate was in Pakistan, where only 72 per cent said they had ever fallen for fake news.

COMMENT:-

I couldn't find a link to the actual poll referred to in this article (but I suspect that it is THIS ONE [and that one has links to what appears to be the whole poll, including methodology and data]) which is summarized HERE]), but I did find "In Era of Fake News, Trust in Traditional News Sources Rebounding". I suggest that both articles be read. (The second one is a later poll than the first.)

PS - Although conducted by a Canadian polling firm for a Canadian research agency, the polls contain data relevant to the US and (since the research agency doesn't appear to be trying to "sell" into the US market, one could suspect that the amount of "spin" the analysis places on the US data could very well be somewhat lower than the amount that was being placed on it by an agency attempting to "sell" into the US market.
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Fake news = Fake concept
 
Mycroft said:
Solution:

1. If your news comes from FB, Twitter, etc...be very suspicious. It's probably fake.

2. If your news begins with "BOMBSHELL!!", "Reportedly", "Sources say", it is, at best, rumors...very likely fake.

3. Wait for facts before reacting to news.

4. Learn how to winnow facts from an article full of spin.

Keep all this in mind and you will never fall for fake news.
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The problem is that this world is so partisan that people will quickly ignore this advise if a story fits their narrative. I wonder how many people on here hate trump because they have easily fallen for fake news stories about him? I can see disliking trump as a person but he is doing a heck of a job as President.
 
MauiMan said:
It’s true. Canadians are very gullible. They also can’t keep their noses out of American politics.
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I see that you didn't actually read the first linked of the articles.

Did you know that there is no statistical difference between the "gullibility quotient" of the American and the Canadian respondents?

Did you bother to read the second article?
 
ThoughtEx. said:
Yeah, make sense.

Not a lot of difference between Americans and Canadians when you get right down to it, so they just as likely to fall for fake news as Americans are.
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That's what the articles showed.
 
KevinKohler said:
Poll suggesting 90% of Canadians fall for fake news is fake news.
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Actually the poll showed that 90% of the Canadians who were polled admitted that they had fallen for at least one fake news story.

The poll also showed that there was no statistical difference between the percentage of Canadians and the percentage of Americans who admitted that they had fallen for at least one fake news story.

You, obviously didn't bother to follow the links that I provided.
 
Mycroft said:
Solution:

1. If your news comes from FB, Twitter, etc...be very suspicious. It's probably fake.

2. If your news begins with "BOMBSHELL!!", "Reportedly", "Sources say", it is, at best, rumors...very likely fake.

3. Wait for facts before reacting to news.

4. Learn how to winnow facts from an article full of spin.

Keep all this in mind and you will never fall for fake news.
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Good advice.

Now do you have any suggestions about how to get people to follow it?
 
dcsports said:
This is interesting, particularly with comparisons between countries, but it sounds like a very flawed poll -- dependent on people to recognize that they've been fooled. Probably the most accurate conclusion you could draw from this survey is that 10% of Canadians were fooled by fake news and didn't recognize it.
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Did you check out the methodology?

Now if the poll results were to have reported something different than that (statistically) the same percentage of Canadians as Americans had learned - after the fact - that something that they had initially accepted was, in fact, fake news, I'd probably agree with you.
 
Mongidig said:
The problem is that this world is so partisan that people will quickly ignore this advise if a story fits their narrative. I wonder how many people on here hate trump because they have easily fallen for fake news stories about him? I can see disliking trump as a person but he is doing a heck of a job as President.
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Never having met Mr. Trump, I have no reason to "dislike him as a person" - and don't. Admittedly I wouldn't be ravingly enthusiastic about my daughter dating him.

All I can go on is Mr. Trump's reported words and deeds. Those I dislike very much because of the high degree of egotistical, self-aggrandizing, pompous, bullying, falseness that they portray.
 
Poll finds 90% of Canadians have fallen for fake news
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i hope that not having to go bankrupt over an unexpected heart attack is enough of a consolation prize for Canadians.
 
TU Curmudgeon said:
Good advice.

Now do you have any suggestions about how to get people to follow it?
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Nope. I have no desire to "get" people to do anything. I'll give advice. They do what they want.
 
Perhaps Canada gets their news the same place where Trudeau gets his eyebrows.
 
TU Curmudgeon said:
Never having met Mr. Trump, I have no reason to "dislike him as a person" - and don't. Admittedly I wouldn't be ravingly enthusiastic about my daughter dating him.

All I can go on is Mr. Trump's reported words and deeds. Those I dislike very much because of the high degree of egotistical, self-aggrandizing, pompous, bullying, falseness that they portray.
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My point is that if you can separate Trump the person from Trump the President you would find that he is getting a lot of good things done. I feel the same way about Hillary Clinton but I also wish she would run for President again because I fear whoever it may be who Trump may lose to. At least Hillary would be a reasonable President. These freaks you all have running against him are a disgusting mess!
 
Helix said:
i hope that not having to go bankrupt over an unexpected heart attack is enough of a consolation prize for Canadians.
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I've heard it's a good idea to plan far in advance your unexpected heart attacks due to the wait times at the hospitals in Canada.
 
Mongidig said:
I've heard it's a good idea to plan far in advance your unexpected heart attacks due to the wait times at the hospitals in Canada.
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TU Curmudgeon said:
I see that you didn't actually read the first linked of the articles.

Did you know that there is no statistical difference between the "gullibility quotient" of the American and the Canadian respondents?

Did you bother to read the second article?
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Well, that obviously is fake....lol

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TU Curmudgeon said:
Did you check out the methodology?

Now if the poll results were to have reported something different than that (statistically) the same percentage of Canadians as Americans had learned - after the fact - that something that they had initially accepted was, in fact, fake news, I'd probably agree with you.
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No... did you find a link to the actual study? That seemed to be part of the issue - reporting on parts of a study without giving the full information.

In any case, from what they gave in the article, it's self reported. My point is that people are often fooled and don't know it. Someone who believes they've never been taken in by 'fake news' is either a hermit, or naive.
 
ThoughtEx. said:
Yeah, make sense.

Not a lot of difference between Americans and Canadians when you get right down to it, so they just as likely to fall for fake news as Americans are.
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If 90% of Canadians admit they've fallen for fake news they are very different than most Americans. Most Americans seem to believe that every one else is falling for fake news. But not themselves.
 
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