Does a news story’s publisher really matter that much? Apparently, it does for many Americans, especially older college-educated Americans. Among five other factors, including the sources cited in the story and their gut feeling towards it, the news organization attached to a story consistently ranked as the most important factor among Americans in determining a story’s trustworthiness. It’s not that younger Americans don’t care about publishers; they apparently just feel less connected to their news sources.
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Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
