2008-09-17 Experiments Show Media Fact-Checking Could Backfire
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- when: 2008/09/17 (2008/09/17)
- source: Duke University
- topics: human nature mainstream media fact-checking
- URL: http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/09/nyhan.html
- title: News Tip: Experiments Show Media Fact-Checking Could Backfire
- summary: «What we found is that corrections are ineffective for the group most likely to have the misperception. Even worse, we found that those people may actually end up believing in the misperception more strongly after hearing a correction.»