The Outrage Economy
- Author
- Joe Esposito
- Published
- Wed 04 Dec 2024
- Episode Link
- http://sites.libsyn.com/19181/the-outrage-economy
Today on the 5: A recent misinformation study shows that people tend to spread misinformation without fact checking it when it generates a strong emotional response. While it's great to have a study that demonstrates that, I'm guessing anyone paying even a emall amount of attention to how the media works already knew this was the case.
