“The public continues to see misinformation as a significant problem that is impacting them personally,” Sheila Kohanteb, forum executive director at the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflict, said in a release. Half of those surveyed said misinformation decreases trust in the government. Seventy-seven percent of Americans, including 85 percent of Democrats and 72 percent of Republicans, said that it increases hate crimes, and 73 percent said that it fuels extreme political views, including 80 percent of Democrats and 70 percent of Republicans, according to the poll. Seventy-four percent of surveyed Americans said they view misinformation as a major problem, and an additional 16 percent see it as a minor one, according to the Pearson Institute-AP-NORC poll.Ī majority of Americans in both parties said that misinformation raises extreme political views and behaviors.
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