Disinformation Online: News & Democracy

In the U.S., five corporate media giants control most of the U.S. market. This concentrated ownership of media weakens commitment to journalistic standards and focuses on stories that earn "clicks" instead of on producing fair and balanced news. Many news sources near the middle of the graph on the following page follow journalistic standards. But the titles further to the left and right of center (on the outer edges) can be sources of disinformation.