According to behavioral research, when individuals are exposed to disinformation, the odds are greater that those individuals will believe it and spread it. The same research also found that people don’t necessarily need to believe disinformation to spread it: They “share information they know is false to signal their political affiliation, disparage perceived opponents, or accrue social rewards.” We know that psychological factors are…
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Miss you Walter Cronkite: Disinformation (part1)
As a boomer, I grew up watching such iconic newscasters as Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner, David Brinkley, and Barbara Walters. Such talking heads prided themselves on bringing us the facts on events both domestic and international. There was no such thing as X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, YouTube, TikTock or podcasts. Our news came from the…