Giving truthiness to falsity

The truth of “false”

Here’s a report that’s unlikely to brighten your day.  On The Media relates a study about how the brain tends to cling to the most-heard piece of information as true, even if the actual quote said it was false.  I bet GOP strategists have known about this for a long time.

Posted by George on 09/10/07 at 08:10 PM
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  1. That would explain why Faux News repeats the same headline on every program they run when the headline is something like the lead-up to the Iraq war. Or why Tom DeLay is a hero…

    Posted by webs05  on  09/11/07  at  07:55 AM

  2. It explains lots of stuff. Creationists, for example.

    Posted by george.w  on  09/11/07  at  07:58 AM

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