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Benton, Joshua. "What sort of news travels fastest online? Bad news, you won’t be shocked to hear." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 15 Jul. 2019. Web. 25 Jul. 2024.
APA
Benton, J. (2019, Jul. 15). What sort of news travels fastest online? Bad news, you won’t be shocked to hear. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 25, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/07/what-sort-of-news-travels-fastest-online-bad-news-you-wont-be-shocked-to-hear/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "What sort of news travels fastest online? Bad news, you won’t be shocked to hear." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 15, 2019. Accessed July 25, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/07/what-sort-of-news-travels-fastest-online-bad-news-you-wont-be-shocked-to-hear/.
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