Why some people "Just Don't Get It"
09/21/2008 04:53 PM
One of my favorite shows, On The Media, has a
discussion about why pointing out a lie ( especially
an egregious one, like ‘WMDs’ or
‘The Economy is Fundamentally Sound’ )
can sometimes backfire and cause people believe the
original lie with even more conviction.
Some of us who are more liberal leaning want to pull our hair out because conservatives just don’t get it. The research mentioned in the show does some good preliminary work about why proving the lie sometimes doesn’t work.
From the OTM Website:
There’s been no shortage of fact-checkers this campaign season. But Washington Post columnist Shankar Vedantam explains that a number of new studies suggest people don't let go of political misinformation after hearing a correction. In fact, the misinformation spreads.
Listen here:
Some of us who are more liberal leaning want to pull our hair out because conservatives just don’t get it. The research mentioned in the show does some good preliminary work about why proving the lie sometimes doesn’t work.
From the OTM Website:
There’s been no shortage of fact-checkers this campaign season. But Washington Post columnist Shankar Vedantam explains that a number of new studies suggest people don't let go of political misinformation after hearing a correction. In fact, the misinformation spreads.
Listen here:
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