A shockingly large majority of health news shared on FB is fake or misleading

Health Feedback, a bipartisan network of scientists who collectively assess the credibility of health media coverage, worked together with the Credibility Coalition to examine the 100 most popular health articles of 2018–specifically, those with the highest number of social media engagements. Health Feedback scientists noted that The Guardian article never backs up its claims with links to original sources or research studies to support its findings. The social media platform accounts for 96% of shares of the top 100 articles, followed by Reddit accounts (2%) and Twitter (1%).

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