OMF Oh my fake: Coronavirus, medicine in danger in the face of fake news - 20 Minutes - OMF
It is called Brandolini's law. Also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle. She describes a pretty ugly phenomenon, which you may have seen widely lately, namely the terrible inequality between fake news and scientific truth.
Where a fake news is easy to create, quickly viral and often gives its author a rewarding aura, its denial by science will be long, complex, less easily shared and its author will often come out with a reputation as a spoiler.
Clémence explains all this in this last episode of OMF Oh My Fake .
OMF Oh My Fake , launched on Snapchat Discover, it's the 20 Minutes program that makes you strong against “fake news”. Here, it is not a question of answering the question "Is it true or is it false?" "But to" Why did we believe it? By analyzing the mechanisms that make fake news so attractive that even seasoned minds - like yours! - may succumb to it.
During this period, OMF is particularly dedicated to the coronavirus epidemic and the fake news that circulates on this subject. Subscribe, by scanning this snapcode in the Snapchat app, you will not regret it. Go!
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