{"id":144288,"date":"2021-11-10T17:24:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=144288"},"modified":"2021-11-10T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:24:07","slug":"quite-like-a-drug-cnn-reporter-on-cnns-facebook-poll-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/quite-like-a-drug-cnn-reporter-on-cnns-facebook-poll-data\/","title":{"rendered":"'Quite like a drug': CNN reporter on CNN's Facebook poll data"},"content":{"rendered":"

(CNN)<\/cite>Roughly three-quarters of adults believe Facebook is making American society worse, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with about half saying they know somebody who was persuaded to believe in a conspiracy theory because of the site’s content.<\/p>\n

Americans say, 76% to 11%, that Facebook makes society worse, not better, according to the survey. Another 13% say it has no effect either way. That broadly negative appraisal holds across gender, age and racial lines. Even frequent Facebook users — those who report using the site at least several times a week — say 70% to 14% that the social network harms, rather than helps, US society. Although majorities across parties say Facebook is doing more harm than good, that feeling spikes among Republicans (82%).
\nAmong the majority overall who think Facebook is worsening society, however, there’s less of an overwhelming consensus on whether or not the platform itself is primarily to blame: 55% say that the way some people use Facebook is more at fault, with 45% saying it’s more due to the way Facebook itself is run.<\/p>\n