Fact-checking challenges media trust

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People trust journalists less when they debunk misinformation

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Cal Poly Pomona researchers found that people trust journalists more when they confirm claims rather than correct them.

People were more likely to trust journalists when they corrected false claims than confirmed true claims.

The researchers identified three main reasons for this increased distrust toward corrections: Surprise, need for evidence, and exploitative.

This indicates a higher level of skepticism when journalists declare something to be false.

Corrections were perceived as more exploitative, suggesting that the journalist was using the situation to push an agenda or gain attention when they corrected a claim rather than confirmed it.

Even when corrections successfully changed participants’ beliefs about the claim, they still harbored more distrust.

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