This is an older article, but felt it was important enough to share.

  • ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Read between the lines. When Fox News calls a group of peoples an “invading horde”, this is done as purposely as when the New York Times calls these peoples “migrants”.

    This is like saying referring to someone on trial as a “murderer” or as a “defendant” are just two different forms of bias. Lol, not at all. One implies guilt while the other is neutral.

    • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOP
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      The Backfire Effect is the theory that when given contradicting evidence against these predetermined beliefs a person acts to further entrench themselves in their beliefs in open rejection of the facts. Although this is considered a rare phenomenon instead of a common occurrence, the ideas are still embedded within the principles of cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias.

      This you?