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According to an online survey conducted in March 2022, 49 percent of journalists based in the United States said they were extremely confident in their ability to recognize false or made-up information when working on a story. Overall, 21 percent reported to be extremely confident in spotting fake information. Additionally, just two percent of U.S. based journalists they were not at all confident in recognizing made-up information.
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Journalists who are confident they can recognize false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Extremely confident
21%
Very confident
49%
Somewhat confident
26%
A little/not at all confident
2%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%
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Pew Research Center. (June 14, 2022). Journalists who are confident they can recognize false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 16, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319451/journalists-identifying-false-information-us/
Pew Research Center. "Journalists who are confident they can recognize false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022." Chart. June 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319451/journalists-identifying-false-information-us/
Pew Research Center. (2022). Journalists who are confident they can recognize false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 16, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319451/journalists-identifying-false-information-us/
Pew Research Center. "Journalists Who Are Confident They Can Recognize False or Made-up Information When Working on a Story in The United States as of March 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319451/journalists-identifying-false-information-us/
Pew Research Center, Journalists who are confident they can recognize false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319451/journalists-identifying-false-information-us/ (last visited November 16, 2025)
Journalists who are confident they can recognize false or made-up information when working on a story in the United States as of March 2022 [Graph], Pew Research Center, June 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319451/journalists-identifying-false-information-us/
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