If reddit is anything to go by, which I expect it is, people don't click through to the article. But they see the headline and the news platform and take that as evidence enough.
I wonder whether news not being on social media is almost better? It prevents that behaviour, meaning less impact from inflammatory and sensationalised headlines, and forces consumers that actually want news to go and find it directly - in the process being more likely to actually read an article and be more informed.
Bought Chivalry 2 last knight. Man that's a blast. I must have had my head cut off at least 4 times in an hour!