Comment by diogolsq

Late reply.

There are two groups:

1. The ones who go after the news (a minority).

2. The ones who don’t even bother reading the article (the vast majority).

From group 1, we have those numbers.

Yes, potentially those 53% could read the news in full in another place and avoid falling for the misinformation.

So, out of the people who read, I know for a fact that 12% — plus some chunk of the 53% — might be able to clarify the misinformation.

The numbers still stack up for the people who fall for misinformation in headlines.