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by beachwood23
1851 days ago
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This is an interesting idea, but their conclusion could be a coincidence. They might have inadvertently just been covering a standard slide into extremism from normal users, and the fact correction response might not have had an effect on the users. Also, political facts / misinformation is very hard to judge accurately. For example, just a few months ago, Politifact was calling the "lab leak" hypothesis a "Pants on fire" falsehood. Now, it is being presented as a possibility.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2021/05/20/politifa... This study also appears to have had no control group. Odd. |
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Townhall.com is a right-leaning conservative publication, both by their own admission [0] and according Media Bias Fact Check [1]. Due to the political nature of the source, some may ignore Townhall entirely. Rather than cite a secondary source, I would cite Politifact directly [2].
[0] https://townhall.com/aboutus
[1] https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/townhall/
[2] https://www.politifact.com/li-meng-yan-fact-check/