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Combatting Disinformation

July 22, 2019 admin Ethics AdviceLine 0

Combatting disinformation: How do journalists report on disinformation “without pouring gasoline on the fire?” asks Mathew Ingram.

Fact-checking efforts can have a boomerang effect and actually entrench a false belief in some cases, he writes.

 


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