TRUE, BUT

AI made America's top 10 fears in the first year the survey asked these AI questions. The 'more than illness' gap is 0.1 points on a 3.79-point margin.

Yahoo News headline (Andrew Paul), 20 October 2026, on Chapman University's Survey of American Fears. Recorded 22 October 2026. Our ruling means: literally true, materially misleading.

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