The misnomer #NewsInfluencers seems to me an affront to #professional #journalism when they are unqualified at best & parasitic at worst🧐

#News #influencers favored Trump over Harris during campaign, study
"Pew said roughly 20% of #Americans regularly get news fr influencers — podcasters, commentators, etc — & abt ⅔ said it helps them better understand things(?!😱).. X is where most of e #political influencers lived. #Pew found tt 79% of e political posts were on tt site"
https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/article/news-influencers-favored-trump-over-harris-during-20159272.php

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Venal #exploitation of the "misinformed"🤔

About 20% of #Americans regularly get their #news from #influencers on #socialmedia
"findings drawn fr a #survey of more than 10,000 #USadults.. Racial #minorities, #youngadults & adults with #lowerincome were more likely to get their news fr #newsinfluencers, according to e report.. #Media analysts have long been concerned abt how influencers - most of whom don't hv to abide by #editorial #standards - could fuel #misinformation"
https://apnews.com/article/influencers-election-trump-harris-news-eacd42bce73d6e11cbc760caf28c993a