How well can Americans distinguish real news headlines from fake ones?

YouGov
Many Americans believe that they are regularly being exposed to misinformation online, and most are confident in their ability to distinguish real news from fake news.

However, Americans' confidence in their ability to spot fake news isn't always grounded in reality. A YouGov survey of 1,516 U.S. adult citizens tested Americans' susceptibility to falsehoods in news, and found that on average, they failed to correctly classify one-third of headlines as either real or fake. And certain segments of the population are even more likely to be fooled by misinformation. In particular, the poll finds that there are certain subgroups who are more likely than others to fail to distinguish fake headlines from real ones: Younger adults perform worse than older adults, Republicans perform worse than Democrats, and people who get their news from social media perform worse than people who do not. MORE