ITHACA, New Jersey – A Cornell University study released last week shows that President Donald Trump was the leading provider of incorrect information about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The study analyzed 38 million articles published through the classic English media worldwide from January 1 to May 26, 2020 Cision Global Insights, and discovered 1. 1 million cases of incorrect coronavirus information. Of the 1. 1 million articles, 37. 9% included mentions of Trump regarding incorrect information, making him the leader, at least in the English media landscape. , accounted for only 16. 4% of the total and was written through Sarah Evanega, director of the Cornell Alliance for Science.
“We conclude that the president of the United States is probably the main driving force of the “COVID-19″ data,” the newspaper said. He continues to blame unnamed media policy as partly guilty of the scale of the news.
The study, published Thursday, October 1, and featured in a New York Times article, coincidentally President Trump and the first girl, Melania Trump, tested positive for coronavirus a few hours after the study was published.
Conspiracy theories constituted most of the mismanagement, according to the study, and Evanega noted that conspiracies of “miracle cures” dominated all other types of mis-configuration, with 295351 articles representing 26. 4% of revised articles, driven by Trump’s boast of bleach and hydroxychloroquine as remedies for coronavirus. Complete the other 10 most sensitive malformation topics, classified by frequency: assign the virus to the New World Order or the Deep State; calling it a deceit of the Democratic Party; claiming that the virus is a Chinese biological weapon; blame Bill Gates; Declare that 5G caused or helped spread the virus; plots involving anti-Semitism; pretend that the virus is a form of population control; blame Dr. Anthony Fauci; and mentioning the YouTube video “Plandemic”.
Evanega said the study team was not necessarily surprised by the extent of the incorrect information that had been published, but intrigued by the fact that much of it came here from so few people and the extent of the other people.
“It is noteworthy that while theories of incorrect information and conspiracy enacted through popular sources, such as anti-vaccination groups, 5G conflicting parties and political extremists, appear in our research on many of the issues, they have contributed much less to the overall volume of incorrect information. tougher players, especially the president of the United States,” said Jordan Adams, co-author of the studio and knowledge analyst at Cision Insights.
“It was a bit unexpected to see how much erroneous COVID data was discussed in an agreement with a head of state,” Evanega said. “We turn to our leaders for smart factual data in times of crisis, especially a global pandemic.
The study did not do so in any component medium, or at least did not provide this data as part of its final analysis.
In general, the knowledge collected showed the study team that the media has a duty to be ready and challenge statements made through other hard people rather than allowing them unrestricted access to a more vulnerable audience that, as a whole, knows no more than they are. I was told.
“It is noteworthy that while theories of incorrect information and conspiracy enacted through popular sources, such as anti-vaccination groups, 5G conflicting parties and political extremists, appear in our research on many of the issues, they have contributed much less to the overall volume of incorrect information. tougher players, especially the president of the United States, ” is read in conclusion. “By choosing to report in a non-critical manner about statements and comments made through influencers, without necessarily verifying or ruling out the accuracy of such claims, they would possibly accidentally facilitate the dissemination of erroneous information. Although media professionals publish fact-checking reports and others that explain or correct statements, such reports accounted for only 16. 4% of the misinformation conversation. “
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