Scientists show how ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies — This effect arises because of the quality of information churned out by Google’s search engine::Researchers found that people searching misinformation online risk falling into “data voids” that increase belief in conspiracies.

  • ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub
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    11 months ago

    Left wing mainstream media may be pro science, but they rarely report good scientific articles. They report science headlines because their target demographic trusts scientists. So it can be more influential in setting an agenda

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        11 months ago

        The majority of mainstream media, save for Fox News (and perhaps one or two others) is left wing my American standards.