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Owen, Laura Hazard. "Older people and Republicans are most likely to share Covid-19 stories from fake news sites on Twitter." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 26 Oct. 2020. Web. 26 Mar. 2025.
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Owen, L. (2020, Oct. 26). Older people and Republicans are most likely to share Covid-19 stories from fake news sites on Twitter. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 26, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/older-people-and-republicans-are-most-likely-to-share-covid-19-stories-from-fake-news-sites-on-twitter/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "Older people and Republicans are most likely to share Covid-19 stories from fake news sites on Twitter." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified October 26, 2020. Accessed March 26, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/older-people-and-republicans-are-most-likely-to-share-covid-19-stories-from-fake-news-sites-on-twitter/.
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