The Power of Political Misinformation was research regarding the fact that under most all cases, when misinformation is presented people will very likely believe it without question if it supports there beliefs, evidence or not. This causes a "snowballing affect" that when misinformation is presented and someone accepts it, it causes them to become more firm in that belief and much harder to change there mind and it becomes much more difficult for them to listen to the correct information. It is more likely that they will shut it out and not listen to it, especially if they don't like it because it doesn't support there view point. Misinformation can be seen everywhere, for instance, it was seen in the last political debate. Many things were said in the debate that were incorrect or skewed but stated as fact. Everything that was said can be easily fact checked and seen if the information given was correct or not. Although this is a common thing among politics there is a way around it. You can start a website or a news channel that states the facts and the facts ONLY. Absolutely NO political bias is shown. Just the who, what, when, were, why, with whom, to whom, and the numbers if applicable. The easier route can be that look at the issue from several different sites or news channels from different biases and the things that they have in common about an issue are the facts. From there you can make your own decision on what you believe.
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