Aaron, Thanks for the link to an excellent interview with some very interesting information. In addition to the remedies that were suggested, I also think that those responsible for the misinformation should have to pick up the tag for the correction (if it is possible to correct by ego stroking before the correction. In many cases it is easy enough to see that the origingal information is false, almost immeadiately and in these cases the legal action, should be swift and sure, and repeat offenders should get additional penalties such as fines, suspension from be allowed to be in the media and possibly jail time. Our democracy needs and informed public to work effectively. Disinformation campaigns are an assualt on our democracy.
On Sep 21, 9:20 pm, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check out this 7-minute interview with Washington Post columnist > Shankar Vedantam regarding recent research on the effect of fact- > checking political misinformation. > > http://onthemedia.org/episodes/2008/09/19/segments/109792 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
