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Owen, Laura Hazard. "“The Facebook environment…muddies the waters between fact and fiction”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 8 Nov. 2019. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2019, Nov. 8). “The Facebook environment…muddies the waters between fact and fiction”. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/11/the-facebook-environment-muddies-the-waters-between-fact-and-fiction/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "“The Facebook environment…muddies the waters between fact and fiction”." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 8, 2019. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/11/the-facebook-environment-muddies-the-waters-between-fact-and-fiction/.
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