Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

We found that media mentions of US President Donald Trump
within the context of COVID-19 misinformation made up by far the largest share of the infodemic.
Trump mentions comprised 37.9% of the overall misinformation conversation,well ahead of any
other topics. We conclude that the President of the UnitedStates was likely the largest driver of the
COVID-19 misinformation“infodemic”. Only 16.4% of the misinformation conversation was “factchecking” in nature, suggesting that the majority of COVID misinformation is conveyed by the media
without question or correction

https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/evanega-et-al-coronavirus-misinformation-submitted-07-23-20-1/080839ac0c22bca8/full.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0r-D7awoQQX8Y8OwcfNchF4weq6VY4P0zfy2WyqI6aPvYMdFQg9Lp7jYQ