insert_link Lifestyle Readers trust journalists less when they debunk rather than confirm claims Seeing a lie or error corrected can make some people more skeptical of the fact-checker. FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images By Randy Stein, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Caroline Meyersohn, California State University, Long Beach Pointing out that someone else is wrong is a part of life. And journalists need to do this all the time – their job includes helping sort what’s true from what’s not. […] today7 August, 2024
