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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. 29 Mar. 2023.
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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 March 29, 2023, 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 March 29, 2023. 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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