View source for 2008-09-17 Experiments Show Media Fact-Checking Could Backfire

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<let name=data index=Date>2008-09-17</let>
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<let name=data index=Source>Duke University</let>
<let name=data index=Topics>\human nature</let>
<let name=data index=URL>http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/09/nyhan.html</let>
<let name=data index=Title>News Tip: Experiments Show Media Fact-Checking Could Backfire</let>
<let name=data index=TitlePlain>Experiments Show Media Fact-Checking Could Backfire</let>
<let name=data index=Text><blockquote>&ldquo;What we found is that corrections are ineffective for the group most likely to have the misperception,&rdquo; said Brendan Nyhan, a Ph.D. candidate in Duke’s political science department. &ldquo;Even worse, we found that those people may actually end up believing in the misperception more strongly after hearing a correction.&rdquo;</blockquote></let>

<let name=data index=TextShort>&ldquo;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.&rdquo;</let>
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