Arrr, matey! A UNESCO scroll be sayin’ 6 outta 10 landlubber influencers can’t tell truth from a sea sponge!
2024-12-02
Avast, ye scallywags! A fresh tally from UNESCO be revealin’ that 62% o’ digital scribes don’t bother fact-checkin’, which be a right fright! With one in five landlubbers trustin’ “news influencers,” we be sailin’ straight into a storm! Blimey, what a merry mess we be makin’!
Ahoy matey! Gather 'round, fer I’ve a tale o’ treachery on the high seas o’ digital content! A new scroll from the wise folks at UNESCO reveals that a staggering 62% o’ scallywags, who be callin’ themselves digital creators, be sailin’ without a compass o' fact-checkin’! Aye, that be a tempest brewin’, especially when ye consider that one in five landlubbers in America be fetchin’ their news from these so-called “news influencers” lurkin’ in the depths o’ the interwebs!This here “Behind the Screens” survey, put together by the fine crew at the U.N. alongside them clever folks at Bowling Green State University, gathered ye responses from 500 influencers across 45 distant lands, all in eight different tongues! Blimey, it’s a wonder we ain’t all swingin' from the yardarm fer this folly!