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=== COVID-19 misinformation ===
{{Further|COVID-19 misinformation}}
In April 2020, the SPLC reported that WND "has boosted a number of articles featuring [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] [[Dog whistle (politics)|dog whistles]], fake cures and other [[disinformation]]" about [[COVID-19]], with headlines such as "Coronavirus is being weaponized by [[George Soros|Soros]], others behind anti-Trump ads", "[[Jim Clyburn|Clyburn]]: Democrats must use Chinese virus to restructure America 'to fit our vision'" and "[[Newt Gingrich]]'s question for Biden exposes Obama's undeniable role in N95 mask shortage".<ref name="Gais 2020" /> Another headline proclaimed that a three-drug cocktail promoted by [[Vladimir Zelenko]]<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Roose |first1=Kevin |last2=Rosenberg |first2=Matthew |date=2020-04-02 |title=Touting Virus Cure, 'Simple Country Doctor' Becomes a Right-Wing Star |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/technology/doctor-zelenko-coronavirus-drugs.html |access-date=2022-10-02 |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101103950/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/technology/doctor-zelenko-coronavirus-drugs.html |url-status=live }}</ref> had a "100% success" rate in treating 350 COVID-19 patients.<ref name="Gais 2020">{{Cite web |last=Gais |first=Hannah |date=April 17, 2020 |title=Hate Groups and Racist Pundits Spew COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media Despite Companies' Pledges to Combat It |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/17/hate-groups-and-racist-pundits-spew-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-despite-companies |access-date=2022-10-02 |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004212419/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/17/hate-groups-and-racist-pundits-spew-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-despite-companies |url-status=live }}</ref>

A 2020 study by researchers from [[Northeastern University|Northeastern]], [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Northwestern University|Northwestern]] and [[Rutgers University|Rutgers]] universities found that ''WND'' was among the top 5 most shared [[Fake news website|fake news domains]] in tweets related to COVID-19, the others being ''[[The Gateway Pundit]]'', ''[[InfoWars]]'', [[Judicial Watch]] and [[Natural News]].<ref name="Owen 2020">{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Laura Hazard |date=October 26, 2020 |title=Older people and Republicans are most likely to share Covid-19 stories from fake news sites on Twitter |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/older-people-and-republicans-are-most-likely-to-share-covid-19-stories-from-fake-news-sites-on-twitter/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=[[Nieman Lab]] |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030040313/https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/10/older-people-and-republicans-are-most-likely-to-share-covid-19-stories-from-fake-news-sites-on-twitter/ |url-status=live }}</ref>