Social media ‘not good news source’

Fewer than one in five people in the UK thinks social media does a good job in separating fact from fiction, a major study has revealed.

That is less than half the figure that thinks the traditional news media does well in that regard, according to the Reuters Institute annual Digital News Review.

The report was based on a survey of 70,000 people in 38 countries. Other keys findings included more under-35s than originally thought are prepared to pay for digital news. n Winning numbers in last night’s Lotto draw were 01, 03, 05, 11, 15 and 43, with bonus ball 48.