Which statement from “On Twitter, Fake News Has Greater Allure Than Truth Does” provides strong evidence that scientists had not thoroughly analyzed the spread of fake news before?

Question

Until now, [Filippo Menczer] says, “We didn’t have a really large-scale, systematic study evaluating the spread of misinformation.”

[Filippo Menczer] was not part of the new study but says its findings are important for understanding the spread of fake news.

One way to fight fake news might be to help users identify true stories online, [Sinan Aral] suggests.

In the past, [Deb Roy] also has worked as a media scientist for Twitter. To study how news spreads on Twitter, Roy and his colleagues collected tweet cascades.

Answer 1

First statement