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Why do you think it is falling? As far as I can see, the article does not mention repeating this experiment over time.

I was under the assumption that our news literacy was never high enough to begin with. So to say "fall rapidly" seems misleading.

If anything, the last couple of years have been very enlightening.

People have a problem discerning fake news in general. We just live in a society where so much noise is generated it's literally impossible for any individual human being to sort it out on a day to day basis. And that's only if you're consciously aware of the problem and flaws and weaknesses of human beings. If you're ignorant about either subject, or both, or don't accept that it applies to you somehow, forget it. You're relying on those flaws to guide your way and then it's just Garbage In, Garbage Out.