Here at Daily Distortions, we try to debunk false and misleading information that has gone viral. We also want to give you a sense of how popular that misinformation is, in the overall context of what is being discussed on social media. Each Friday, we will feature a list of the 10 most-engaged stories of the week in the United States, as ranked by NewsWhip, a firm that compiles social media performance data. But on social media, the death of the rocker Eddie Van Halen made more of a splash. TMZ: Eddie Van Halen Dead at 65 (3,504,366 interactions)TMZ broke the news of Mr. Van Halen’s death, after what it described as a battle with lung cancer that went “massively downhill.”

Source: New York Times October 09, 2020 20:26 UTC