Sobering from @davidmcraney.bsky.social @katiejoseff.bsky.social @mschwalbe.bsky.social

Polarisation is eating democracy and truth-seeking because it pays so well politically (mobilisation) and economically (attention monetisation).

podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/y...

1/ Are media literacy courses missing something?

In episode 307 of the "You Are Not So Smart" podcast, @davidmcraney.bsky.social spoke to disinformation researchers Samuel Woolley, @katiejoseff.bsky.social , and @mschwalbe.bsky.social about their study into the news we believe and share. 👇

What if social media is designed to take advantage of our cognitive biases? "When Politics Trumps Truth: Political Concordance Versus Veracity as a Determinant of Believing, Sharing, and Recalling the News"

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Thrilled to share that my close friend Drew Warshaw has officially launched his campaign for New York State Comptroller! 🔥🔥🔥

Drew's bold, innovative ideas will save taxpayers money, strengthen oversight, and tackle New York’s affordability crisis—and he has the grit and experience to get it done.

A recent study by Stanford researchers has uncovered that people are more likely to believe and share news that aligns with their political views, regardless of whether it’s true. This “concordance-over-truth” bias was slightly stronger among supporters of Donald Trump.

New episode: Why you are more likely to doubt true news that you would rather not believe than you are to believe fake news you wish was true (no matter your ideology): youarenotsosmart.com/2025/02/20/y...

Thrilled to talk #misinformation and what we can do about it with @davidmcraney.bsky.social on his wildly popular ‘You Are Not So Smart’ podcast. I was joined by co-authors @katiejoseff.bsky.social and Samuel Woolley—check out the episode here!”

youarenotsosmart.com/2025/02/20/y...

A new study reveals that the “illusion of objectivity” is a major factor in believing political misinformation. Partisans who viewed their own political side as unbiased and objective were, ironically, the most biased and least objective when assessing fake news.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Let’s teach people to question not just the news, but also their minds.

Our paper on #misinformation in JEP:G finds people were more influenced by news’ political alignment than by its truth—a “concordance-over-truth bias” driven more by resistance to truth than susceptibility to falsehood. 🧵1/7