“…China's issue related to the emergence and dynamic growth of COVID-19 infections had an impact not only on human health, but also affected virtually every aspect of everyday life, including the economy. Despite the fact that during the pandemic, journalists paid more attention to the verification of the received data (Tworzydło, Gawroński, and Nycz, 2021) there were situations related to the spread of fake news, which often caused even greater anxiety among the public.…”