Add social media to the list of things souring Americans on politics

April 5, 2019, 8:42 AM EDT

By Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Ben Kamisar

WASHINGTON — How much has social media ruined American politics and political journalism?

Well, check out these numbers from the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll:

57 percent of Americans say social media does more to divide the country than unite it;

61 percent say social media does more to spread unfair attacks and rumors against public figures and corporations instead of holding them accountable;

55 percent say it does more to spread lies and falsehoods rather than news and information;
and a whopping 82 percent of Americans say social media does more to waste time – instead of using it well.

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