NYT
Impeachment hearings continued this week, with multiple constitutional scholars testifying about whether President Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine into opening a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden in order to benefit Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign rises
Impeachment hearings continued this week, with multiple constitutional scholars testifying about whether President Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine into opening a criminal investigation into Hunter Biden in order to benefit Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign rises
to the level of an impeachable offense. (Most said yes, with one scholar testifying that he believes more evidence is needed.)
The illusory truth effect, a long-observed quirk of human psychology, means that when people hear a false statement multiple times, they perceive it as true, even if they are told it is false. That problem has become much more severe in the age of social media,
because viral sharing online has made it easier than ever for people to be exposed to the same false idea over and over.i hat makes us a little worried the impeachment proceedings themselves, by frequently referring to Mr. Trump’s efforts to get Ukraine to open
the investigation, might be unwittingly reinforcing people’s belief in the underlying allegations against Mr. Biden
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