The spread of true and false news online
Soroush Vosoughi, Deb Roy and Sinan Aral, March 9, 2018, Science.
Researchers from MIT studied the creation and dissemination of fake news on Twitter, concluding that fake news reaches more people in a shorter period of time than true news. This is likely due to the novelty and emotional reaction associated with fake news stories.
I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How.
John Bohannon, May 15, 2017, Gizmodo.
The author relates how he performed a "scientific study" that was picked up as fact by news outlets, even though the science behind it was faulty.
CBS News Interview with John Bohannon: How the "chocolate diet" hoax fooled millions