Month: July 2017
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On the Media interview on the backfire effect
My new interview with Brooke Gladstone of On the Media about my new research into the effects of corrective information and the role of doubt in science (MP3): Once people have a misconception about the news, it can be extremely difficult to make them change their minds – even in the face of hard evidence.
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Trumpcast interview on the President’s dishonesty
My new interview with Virginia Heffernan on Slate’s Trumpcast (MP3): Virginia Heffernan talks to Brendan Nyhan, a professor of government at Dartmouth, about the president’s many lies, including those in the New York Times interview with Maggie Haberman, Peter Baker, and Michael S. Schmidt.
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New NYT: Is Trump’s base support exaggerated?
From my new Upshot column: Donald J. Trump’s approval ratings are the lowest at this stage of a presidency since modern polling began in the mid-20th century. But his party’s base still appears highly supportive, which has discouraged Republicans in Congress from abandoning the president and his legislative agenda. Even the most recent Russia revelations