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Owen, Laura Hazard. "If you think nobody’s shared any fake news with you recently, maybe you should think harder." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 30 Jun. 2017. Web. 12 Apr. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2017, Jun. 30). If you think nobody’s shared any fake news with you recently, maybe you should think harder. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 12, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/06/if-you-think-nobodys-shared-any-fake-news-with-you-recently-maybe-you-should-think-harder/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "If you think nobody’s shared any fake news with you recently, maybe you should think harder." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 30, 2017. Accessed April 12, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/06/if-you-think-nobodys-shared-any-fake-news-with-you-recently-maybe-you-should-think-harder/.
Wikipedia
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