(CNN) The coronavirus pandemic highlights any number of challenges facing the country -- from the strain it's put on our health care system to the delicate state of our economy to the perils of living in a connected, global community. One of the less publicized but hugely important challenges the coronavirus pandemic has surfaced (or resurfaced) is the vast misinformation and disinformation problem the country faces. In a new Pew poll , 50% of Americans said they find it "difficult" to distinguish what's true from what isn't when it comes to the pandemic, while 49% describe that process as "easy." And two-thirds of respondents (64%) say that they have seen "some" (48%) or "a lot" (15%) of news about the coronavirus that seems to them to be made up. Almost 4 in 10 (38%) admit to hearing something about the virus that they believed to be true only to later learn it was false.

Source: CNN April 29, 2020 22:30 UTC