Given Truth, the Misinformed Believe Lies More

SharpFang writes "In a series of studies in 2005 and 2006, researchers at the University of Michigan found that misinformed people, particularly political partisans, rarely changed their minds when exposed to corrected facts in news stories. In fact, they often became even more strongly set in their beliefs. Facts, they found, were not curing misinformation. Like an underpowered antibiotic, facts could actually make misinformation even stronger."

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This study is nothing but Communist propaganda

[elrous0]

It's nothing but lies designed to obscure the fact that Barak Hussein Obama is a Muslim terrorist who wants to entrance our children with commie healthcare. The sooner he goes back to his hometown in Kenya the better.

And my facts are just fine. Bill O'Reilly told me so.

Re:This study is nothing but Communist propaganda

[Anonymous Coward]

A sarcasm detector based on voice inflection would probably think that people from India are being sarcastic all the time, but in my experience, they are almost never sarcastic. Isn't that ironic?

Re:This study is nothing but Communist propaganda

[JustOK]

Brilliant reasoning. Thank you. Come again.

Re:This study is nothing but Communist propaganda

[Anonymous Coward]

...And a meta-woosh for you, fine sir.

Re:This study is nothing but Communist propaganda

[h4rm0ny]

I think Superman got stuck in a revolving door.

Re:This study is nothing but Communist propaganda

[Xyrus]

Troll Rhapsody

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Caught in a thread flood
No escape from the trolling spree

Open your browser
The trolls getting louder, please

I'm just a poor troll (Poor troll),
I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
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Mama, just killed a thread
Posted a picture of Hitler's Head
Godwined it and now it's dead
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If it's not locked tight by this time tomorrow
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Sends electrons down my line
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The troll will leave you all behind 'cuz it's a douche
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This thread don't wanna die
Sometimes wish it'd never been born at all

[Guitar Solo]

I see a little silhouetto of a troll
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(Hitler Stalin) Obama Palin (Global Warming) I'm Just Sayin', Do not feed the little troll!
Magnifico-o-o-o-o
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So you think you can troll me and leave me to die
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[Guitar Solo]
(Oooh yeah, Oooh yeah)

Trolls don't really matter
Anyone can see
Trolls don't really matter
Trolls don't really matter to me

Any way the thread goes...

Well, its the truth's fault!

[nweaver]

After all, we know that the truth has a liberal bias.