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Analysis: The hard truth about fact-checking
www.reuters.com
[Reuters] - While fact-checking is undoubtedly good for democracy, arguments in the press over unsupported or outlandish claims tend to spread them, not debunk them, as research by Dartmouth College scholar Brendan Nyhan, among others, has demonstrated.
Walmart Workers To Get No-Cost Surgery At Mayo Clinic, Other Top Hospitals
www.huffingtonpost.com
[Huffington Post] - i> The best account of how the "death panel" myth was born into this world and spread like garbage across the landscape has been penned by Brendan Nyhan, who in wrote "Why the "Death Panel" Myth Wouldn't Die: Misinformation in the Health Care
Google News: La gente parece preferir sus mentiras antes que cambiar de opinión
[Hechos de Hoy] - “La desinformación es un problema humano, no es liberal ni conservador”, dice Brendan Nyhan, del Colegio Universitario DartMouth. El problema es mucho peor cuando un grupo con poder desea promover la desinformación porque le conviene, como ha
Why Do We Believe Politicians?
news.discovery.com
[Discovery News] - "Truth is a tough thing," said Brendan Nyhan, an assistant professor of government at Dartmouth. "We can disagree about what the right policy should be, but I'd like to hope we could agree on which facts are consistent with the best available evidence
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