Interesting results: people are more likely to believe fake news from a stranger than a from good friend.

This finding would be explained if people intuitively apply the three questions we suggest in our book to assess any claim:

1. Who is telling me this?
2. How do they know it?
3. What are they trying to sell me?

You know what your friends don't have a way of knowing (and often, what they're selling you). With a stranger, these are harder questions to answer.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/07/youre-more-likely-to-believe-fake-news-shared-by-someone-you-barely-know-than-by-your-best-friend/