[ExI] credulousness

[William Flynn Wallace]

Those hoping to sway public opinion are shocked and/or delighted by the
successes of the fake news of the previous years.  How many of the people
who stormed the Capitol were liberals?  You are right!  Few.  Here is a
study (read the abstract and the discussion only to save time) that finds
that fake news is mostly believed by conservatives IF the news is negative.

"When information concerns hazards, erroneous incredulity is often more
costly than erroneous credulity, given that disregarding accurate warnings
is more harmful than adopting unnecessary precautions."
If the news is potentially positive, there is no asymmetry between liberals
and conservatives.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797617692108

bill w
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