Table 2.

Descriptive statistics by platform.

	Study 1: fake content M (SD)	Study 2: real content M (SD)	Study 2: outlet (General) M (SD)
Perceived recognition
Alternative (Just The News)	3.02 (2.16)	3.32 (2.07)	3.61 (1.85)
Consonant (Fox News or CNN)	3.11 (2.17)	3.46 (2.05)	5.11 (1.70)
Dissonant (Fox News or CNN)	3.06 (2.16)	3.41 (2.10)	4.68 (1.86)
Neutral mainstream (ABC News)	NA	3.45 (2.07)	4.95 (1.65)
Perceived accuracy
Alternative (Just The News)	3.83 (1.93)	4.31 (1.66)	3.88 (1.55)
Consonant (Fox News or CNN)	4.01 (1.84)	4.44 (1.62)	4.64 (1.63)
Dissonant (Fox News or CNN)	4.02 (1.87)	4.37 (1.62)	3.56 (1.90)
Neutral Mainstream (ABC News)	NA	4.43 (1.60)	4.41 (1.64)

CNN and Fox were classified as consonant or dissonant outlets according to the participant’s partisanship.