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Katerina Matsa: Concerns about the inaccuracies in news on social media are prevalent even among those who say they prefer to get their news there... Still, those social media news consumers who prefer other platforms such as print or television for news are even more likely to say they expect the news on social media to be largely inaccurate. Not only do social media news consumers expect the news they see there to be inaccurate, but inaccuracy is the top concern. ... Even though social media news consumers have concerns about the accuracy of the information there, they also cite some benefits of getting news on social media, which may help explain why getting news on the platform is still so common. The most commonly named positive thing about getting news on social media is convenience wordsmith.social/protestation/…