Grumpy Old Geeks Topics False news Topic False news 3 mentions in 1 episode The hosts discuss research on how false stories spread on Twitter. Mentions 250: Useful But Creepy Mar 12, 2018 26:53 new research, and bots are not to blame 27:16 false political news spreads more quickly than any other kind 27:42 False news still spreads quickly because it is seen as novel.