Though see Clayton et. al 2021 “Elite rhetoric can undermine democratic norms,” which finds exposure to Trump rhetoric decreases trust/confidence in elections. Effect is concentrated among his supporters, though.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🔑 takeaway: forcing agents of misinfo to admit they lied is not only satisfying (and kind of funny) but effective at 📈 accurate beliefs and decreasing likelihood to consume misinfo in future.

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I conduct two survey experiments showing respondents clips from Fox News & Alex Jones admitting they lied about the 2020 election 🗳️ and 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook.

These admissions:

1) reduce all tested misperceptions;

2) reduce intention to watch 🦊 News and Alex Jones in future.

I’m seeing Luis Antonio Tagle as one of the joint favorites and as much of a progressive as you can expect while being, you know, a cardinal. Unclear whether this is a doubly decisive test though.

A.I. Pete Seeger cover of “Killing in the Name” coming right up

You’re just leveraging unexpected events (errors) in survey fielding (design)