Few Americans pay for news when they encounter paywalls

That shows the danger of the clickbait economy.

A weird, provocative headline creates misinformation.

Of the people who try to access the article, only 12% actually read it (1% who pay, and 11% who bypass the paywall). Another 53% look for the information elsewhere, which may or may not clarify the misinformation.

And those are only the ppl that tries to read the news, the majority of ppl doesn't even bother trying to open the news link.

> Another 53% look for the information elsewhere, which may or may not clarify the misinformation.

How is the number '53%', calclated?

Whilst I'm here...

If the 53% got the information [they looked for], and it thereafter WASN'T 'misinformation', would that be considered a good, or a bad, thing?