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Irancove @ August 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Via Neiman’s Watchdog: 
How unscrupulous campaign strategists are taking advantage of a quirk in our brains – and what reporters can do to stop helping them
Because of the way humans process information, political journalists who think they are dispelling false beliefs may actually be spreading them. Two brain experts offer ground rules for reporters who want […]

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