Fake news is a modern-day epidemic. In this day and age of social media and the internet, anyone can post anything regardless of credibility. Polarizing issues such as the covid-19 pandemic have created a political environment centered around fear which in turn pushes people to determine which information is credible off emotion and confirmation bias. Publishers such as Alex Jones have made a fortune spreading conspiracies and misinformation. Twitter is especially notorious for the spread of fake news. A study by three MIT grad students viewed how misinformation spread differently on twitter…