Study: Coronavirus Misinformation Infodemic

The study concludes that Donald Trump was likely the largest driver of the COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic”.

The Cornell Alliance for Science published the following study, which is being discussed on many of the main street media. [1] You won’t hear about this on right wing news sites, such as Breitbart. [2],[3]

CORONAVIRUS MISINFORMATION: Quantifying sources and themes in the COVID-19 ‘infodemic’

“The study concludes that Donald Trump was likely the largest driver of the COVID-19 misinformation “infodemic.”

Executive summary

The World Health Organization has stated that a parallel “infodemic” of misinformation is undermining efforts to combat the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This study identifies the most prominent misinformation topics that appeared in traditional and online media in the early phase of the pandemic, from January 1 up to May 26, 2020.

The results come from a sample of 38 million articles published in English-language media around the world, making this the first fully comprehensive study of COVID misinformation in the media yet carried out.

One major finding is that media mentions of President Trump within the…