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Prior to the 2016 election, lawmakers had only mentioned "fake news” 16 times

Leading up to the election last November, "fake news" was only mentioned 16 times by lawmakers in Congress, all 50 state legislatures, and 6,500+ cities and counties across the US. Over the past 14 months, members of Congress have mentioned "fake news" at a rate near equal to over 40,000 city and county legislators. Mentions of fake news by elected officials over time.

Republicans are more vocal about “fake news” in state legislatures, Democrats more in Congress

Democrats in Congress have mentioned fake news 562 times compared to Republicans 190 times. In state legislatures, where Republicans hold significant majorities, they've mentioned fake news 1,014 times to Democrats 917 times. At the local level, Democrats have mentioned fake news 234 times to Republicans 152 times. Mentions of fake news by elected officials by party.

When mentioning “fake news” Democrats reference "Russia" 4 times more than Republicans

Trump, American, and Russian are the top three most frequently used terms by Democrats when discussing "fake news." For Republicans, Trump, think, and know are the most commonly used terms along with words like medium, country, and story. Democrats referenced Russia 690 times in their statements on fake news compared to Republicans 177 times. Key words used when mentioning fake news by party. [post_title] => When mentioning "fake news" Democrats reference "Russia" four times more than Republicans [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => mentions-fake-news-democrats-more-than-republicans [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-06-22 22:32:24 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-06-22 22:32:24 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://marketing-staging.quorum.us/resources/mentions-fake-news-democrats-more-than-republicans/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => resources [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [queried_object_id] => 1697 [request] => SELECT wp_posts.* FROM wp_posts WHERE 1=1 AND wp_posts.post_name = 'mentions-fake-news-democrats-more-than-republicans' AND wp_posts.post_type = 'resources' ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date DESC [posts] => Array ( [0] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1697 [post_author] => 1 [post_date] => 2017-09-30 00:00:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-09-30 00:00:00 [post_content] => This week the Senate Intelligence Committee called on executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to appear before the committee to discuss the role fake news and Russia played in the 2016 election. For more than a year, the idea of fake news has not only been a key point of the investigation into Russian meddling but has also been used by President Trump as his favorite attack on various media outlets. With congressional hearings expected to take place this fall, we explored how lawmakers across the country, from Congress to state legislatures to 6,500+ cities and counties, are discussing “fake news.”

Prior to the 2016 election, lawmakers had only mentioned "fake news” 16 times

Leading up to the election last November, "fake news" was only mentioned 16 times by lawmakers in Congress, all 50 state legislatures, and 6,500+ cities and counties across the US. Over the past 14 months, members of Congress have mentioned "fake news" at a rate near equal to over 40,000 city and county legislators. Mentions of fake news by elected officials over time.

Republicans are more vocal about “fake news” in state legislatures, Democrats more in Congress

Democrats in Congress have mentioned fake news 562 times compared to Republicans 190 times. In state legislatures, where Republicans hold significant majorities, they've mentioned fake news 1,014 times to Democrats 917 times. At the local level, Democrats have mentioned fake news 234 times to Republicans 152 times. Mentions of fake news by elected officials by party.

When mentioning “fake news” Democrats reference "Russia" 4 times more than Republicans

Trump, American, and Russian are the top three most frequently used terms by Democrats when discussing "fake news." For Republicans, Trump, think, and know are the most commonly used terms along with words like medium, country, and story. Democrats referenced Russia 690 times in their statements on fake news compared to Republicans 177 times. Key words used when mentioning fake news by party. [post_title] => When mentioning "fake news" Democrats reference "Russia" four times more than Republicans [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => mentions-fake-news-democrats-more-than-republicans [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-06-22 22:32:24 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-06-22 22:32:24 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://marketing-staging.quorum.us/resources/mentions-fake-news-democrats-more-than-republicans/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => resources [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) ) [post_count] => 1 [current_post] => -1 [before_loop] => 1 [in_the_loop] => [post] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 1697 [post_author] => 1 [post_date] => 2017-09-30 00:00:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-09-30 00:00:00 [post_content] => This week the Senate Intelligence Committee called on executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to appear before the committee to discuss the role fake news and Russia played in the 2016 election. For more than a year, the idea of fake news has not only been a key point of the investigation into Russian meddling but has also been used by President Trump as his favorite attack on various media outlets. With congressional hearings expected to take place this fall, we explored how lawmakers across the country, from Congress to state legislatures to 6,500+ cities and counties, are discussing “fake news.”

Prior to the 2016 election, lawmakers had only mentioned "fake news” 16 times

Leading up to the election last November, "fake news" was only mentioned 16 times by lawmakers in Congress, all 50 state legislatures, and 6,500+ cities and counties across the US. Over the past 14 months, members of Congress have mentioned "fake news" at a rate near equal to over 40,000 city and county legislators. Mentions of fake news by elected officials over time.

Republicans are more vocal about “fake news” in state legislatures, Democrats more in Congress

Democrats in Congress have mentioned fake news 562 times compared to Republicans 190 times. In state legislatures, where Republicans hold significant majorities, they've mentioned fake news 1,014 times to Democrats 917 times. At the local level, Democrats have mentioned fake news 234 times to Republicans 152 times. Mentions of fake news by elected officials by party.

When mentioning “fake news” Democrats reference "Russia" 4 times more than Republicans

Trump, American, and Russian are the top three most frequently used terms by Democrats when discussing "fake news." For Republicans, Trump, think, and know are the most commonly used terms along with words like medium, country, and story. Democrats referenced Russia 690 times in their statements on fake news compared to Republicans 177 times. Key words used when mentioning fake news by party. [post_title] => When mentioning "fake news" Democrats reference "Russia" four times more than Republicans [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => mentions-fake-news-democrats-more-than-republicans [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-06-22 22:32:24 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-06-22 22:32:24 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://marketing-staging.quorum.us/resources/mentions-fake-news-democrats-more-than-republicans/ [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => resources [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [comment_count] => 0 [current_comment] => -1 [found_posts] => 1 [max_num_pages] => 0 [max_num_comment_pages] => 0 [is_single] => 1 [is_preview] => [is_page] => [is_archive] => [is_date] => [is_year] => [is_month] => [is_day] => [is_time] => [is_author] => [is_category] => [is_tag] => [is_tax] => [is_search] => [is_feed] => [is_comment_feed] => [is_trackback] => [is_home] => [is_privacy_policy] => [is_404] => [is_embed] => [is_paged] => [is_admin] => [is_attachment] => [is_singular] => 1 [is_robots] => [is_favicon] => [is_posts_page] => [is_post_type_archive] => [query_vars_hash:WP_Query:private] => b86e715616250fd7b0eb654bc05c9dde [query_vars_changed:WP_Query:private] => [thumbnails_cached] => [allow_query_attachment_by_filename:protected] => [stopwords:WP_Query:private] => [compat_fields:WP_Query:private] => Array ( [0] => query_vars_hash [1] => query_vars_changed ) [compat_methods:WP_Query:private] => Array ( [0] => init_query_flags [1] => parse_tax_query ) )
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When mentioning “fake news” Democrats reference “Russia” four times more than Republicans

When mentioning “fake news” Democrats reference “Russia” four times more than Republicans

This week the Senate Intelligence Committee called on executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to appear before the committee to discuss the role fake news and Russia played in the 2016 election. For more than a year, the idea of fake news has not only been a key point of the investigation into Russian meddling but has also been used by President Trump as his favorite attack on various media outlets. With congressional hearings expected to take place this fall, we explored how lawmakers across the country, from Congress to state legislatures to 6,500+ cities and counties, are discussing “fake news.”

Prior to the 2016 election, lawmakers had only mentioned “fake news” 16 times

Leading up to the election last November, “fake news” was only mentioned 16 times by lawmakers in Congress, all 50 state legislatures, and 6,500+ cities and counties across the US. Over the past 14 months, members of Congress have mentioned “fake news” at a rate near equal to over 40,000 city and county legislators.

Mentions of fake news by elected officials over time.

Republicans are more vocal about “fake news” in state legislatures, Democrats more in Congress

Democrats in Congress have mentioned fake news 562 times compared to Republicans 190 times. In state legislatures, where Republicans hold significant majorities, they’ve mentioned fake news 1,014 times to Democrats 917 times. At the local level, Democrats have mentioned fake news 234 times to Republicans 152 times.

Mentions of fake news by elected officials by party.

When mentioning “fake news” Democrats reference “Russia” 4 times more than Republicans

Trump, American, and Russian are the top three most frequently used terms by Democrats when discussing “fake news.” For Republicans, Trump, think, and know are the most commonly used terms along with words like medium, country, and story. Democrats referenced Russia 690 times in their statements on fake news compared to Republicans 177 times.

Key words used when mentioning fake news by party.