Be careful who you get your news from; not everyone reports responsibly

By: Leann Ray

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: April 28, 2026

Words: 951

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Lately, my Facebook news feed has been inundated by posts from people I don’t follow. They have blue checkmarks next to their names and they’re reporting information they treat as facts, even though it isn’t true.

Many of them are local “influencers” — Pew Research defines news influencers as people who regularly post about current events on social media and have at least 100,000 follows on either Facebook, X, TikTok or YouTube — and …

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