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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
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New Bright Line Watch survey results
At Bright Line Watch, we have released the results of our second expert survey on the state of American democracy. Here is coverage at The Upshot by Claire Cain Miller and Kevin Quealy (where I am a contributor): American democracy remains healthy, but its health has worsened for the first time in recent history, according
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NHPR interview on liberal conspiracy theories
My new interview with New Hampshire Public Radio’s Rick Ganley about the spread of liberal conspiracy theories during the Trump administration (MP3): Many of these conspiracy theories or fake news stories have to do with Trump and his campaign’s connections to Russia. What are you seeing? “I’m seeing a disturbing trend of people taking the
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New NYT: How marching for science risks politicizing it
From my new Upshot column: Before the recent March for Science, scholars and journalists debated the likely effect of the protest: Would it defend science against politicization or unnecessarily polarize the public on the value of the scientific enterprise? Some early evidence suggests the march may have widened the divide among liberals and conservatives in
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VPR interview on democratic norms after first 100 days
My new interview with Vermont Public Radio’s Mitch Wertlieb on the state of democratic norms in the United States (MP3): Have your concerns about an erosion of political norms been eased, or have they increased? “I would say there’s good news and bad news. Certainly some of the most extreme fears haven’t been realized, and
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New CNN: Conspiracy theories transcend political party
A segment in which I’m interviewed from CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper:
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New NYT: Why false claims continue to be believed
From my new Upshot column (co-authored with Amanda Taub): “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts,” goes the saying — one that now seems like a relic of simpler times. Today, President Trump is sticking with his own facts — his claim that the Obama administration wiretapped him during the
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Bright Line Watch expert survey on U.S. democracy
The Bright Line Watch initiative that I am co-organizing with John Carey (Dartmouth), Gretchen Helmke (Rochester), and Susan Stokes (Yale) has released its first expert survey results on the state of American democracy: Despite an atmosphere of pessimism or panic among many observers and public intellectuals, the political science community holds a rather nuanced view