burdensome you know, it s a tough job. think about being a news consumer that s hooked up to twitter and facebook and other news feeds and newsletters. how somebody actually consumes news today, that is a really important decision that someone ends up doing. how you end up consuming your news tells you a lot about your political choice, your political habits, whether you wear a mask, whether you have been vaccinated or not. to me, hallie, that information and misinformation is one of the biggest, you know, problems in our politics right now. mark murray that cannot be said enough. mark murray, thank you very much. thank you for walking us through that interesting poll. misinformation has played a role in the virus pandemic particularly when it comes to debates over making, issues over vaccines n. some parts of the country it is getting very heated in places that are putting mandates into place. in tennessee, where cases are still high, a battle over
convictions here today. tom winter, thank you very much for that update. appreciate it, tom, as always. if you were to take out your phone and start scrolling through facebook or twitter, you probably know you would come across a lot of misinformation there, things that are false about things important, covid, vaccines, elections, you name it. if you are feeling that way, you are not alone. 95% of americans identified misinformation as a problem. where is the bad information coming from? only 2 in 10 americans worry they are the ones to blame for spreading it, and they basically think it s everybody else s fault but themselves. 6 out of 10 people think their friends and family are part of the problem, and republicans
they think it s the government, and most think it s the platforms, social media giants. that last figure, we don t have a lot of lot of bipartisan agreement in washington nowadays. but what we ended occupy seeing on those capitol hill hearings this week about facebook were republicans and democrats joining together in pummelling facebook. to me, it seems we have had a kind of kumbaya moment at least