NPR reports on research that may offer some reasonable explanations for when (notice, not 'why') people are susceptible to 'fake news.' Intriguing.

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/18/537844762/researchers-examine-when-people-are-more-susceptible-to-fake-news?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social