2008-09-17 Experiments Show Media Fact-Checking Could Backfire

2008-09-17  Duke University \human nature\mainstream media http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2008/09/nyhan.html News Tip: Experiments Show Media Fact-Checking Could Backfire Experiments Show Media Fact-Checking Could Backfire "&ldquo;What we found is that corrections are ineffective for the group most likely to have the misperception,&rdquo; said Brendan Nyhan, a Ph.D. candidate in Dukeâ€™s political science department. &ldquo;Even worse, we found that those people may actually end up believing in the misperception more strongly after hearing a correction.&rdquo;"

&ldquo;What we found is that corrections are ineffective for the group most likely to have the misperception. Even worse, we found that those people may actually end up believing in the misperception more strongly after hearing a correction.&rdquo;   