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The Why Factor: Fear vs Fact
In this edition of the Why Factor, Mike Williams asks if we now live in a post-factual age 鈥� where messages of fear dominate and the truth goes unspoken or unheard?
Mike Williams asks if we now live in a post-factual age 鈥� where messages of fear dominate and the truth goes unspoken or unheard? He investigates the 鈥淏ackfire Effect鈥� which means that entrenched views can become more entrenched 鈥� when confronted by contradictory facts. Politicians are often accused of distorting the truth 鈥� with Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump the latest.
(Image - Group of people standing with one holding a newspaper with the headline "Earth Doomed". Credit - Everett Collection via Shutterstock)
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