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Bad news ..... fast.
1. Spread
2. Spreads

This question was on an ESL forum where I commented the following comment. Here am sharing that with you to check weather it's correct or not.

*"Bad news spreads fast."*

Because NEWS is not a plural of NEW as it seems. It's an abbreviation of North East West South. It can be singular as well as plural. So both options are correct. But the context matters in this regard. Normally a single NEWS or a Breaking NEWS is broken at once which could spread fast. So in My opinion it should be SPREADS.