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Dow Jones Aims to Help Consumers by Bolstering News Literacy

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Diedre Johnson The public is confused about news.Deluged with misinformation, misled by lies, shunted into self-reinforcing echo chambers on social media, many are having trouble discerning between reliable facts and manipulation.Impartial data — which used to be universally accepted as trustworthy— points to a serious problem.

A 2018 study on trust, facts and democracy found that only 26% of those surveyed correctly ascertained facts that could be proven or disproven by evidence, while only 35% correctly identified opinion, that is, something reflecting one person’s beliefs and values.While some sources of disinformation might be happy about that, almost everyone needs factual news from a source that has earned consumers’ confidence.

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