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Topic: confirmation bias

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6 tips to help detect fake science news

Marc Zimmer - The Conversation
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Don't be a misinformation superspreader

H. Colleen Sinclair - The Conversation
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Recommendation engines and worldview

James Cole
Ivan Castaneda, a former Mexican soldier deported from the United States, embraces his children at the bank of the Rio Grande during the event called "Abrazos No Muros" (Hugs, not walls). (Getty/Herika Martinez)

Immigrant kids: Do liberals really care?

Sophia A. McClennen
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Zuckerberg is Misinformer of the Year

Matt Gertz - Media Matters
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Distinguishing fact & fiction

Aly Colón - The Conversation
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Your brain on fake news

Noah Charney
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Why do we feel so doomed?

Lauren Griffin, Annie Neimand - The Conversation
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina March 9, 2016. Picture taken March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RTSA4GH (Reuters)

Lauren Griffin, Annie Neimand - The Conversation
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We debate hunting ethics

Joshua Duclos - The Conversation
President-elect Donald Trump pumps his fist during an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP)

How the election was wrong

Ray Nickerson - The Conversation
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