Popular Press
How to Counter Misinformation: A Practical Guide for Political Fact-checkers
Anthropology News
(2018)
Abstract
To defend his policy of separating immigrant children from their parents, Trump uttered several bald-faced lies to deflect responsibility for the humanitarian crisis he created. Although the lies he and administration officials repeated seemed to represent a new nadir even for this presidency, the constant flow of misinformation from this White House has vexed political journalists from day one. How do you cover a president who frequently utters false claims without giving credence to the misinformation?
Keywords
- Trump,
- misconception-based learning,
- inoculation theory,
- lying,
- debunking false claims,
- political discourse,
- language and politics,
- truth and politics,
- misinformation,
- disinformation
Disciplines
Publication Date
July 9, 2018
DOI
10.1111/AN.899
Publisher Statement
Copyright 2018 American Anthropological Association
Citation Information
Adam Hodges. "How to Counter Misinformation: A Practical Guide for Political Fact-checkers" Anthropology News Vol. 59 Iss. 4 (2018) p. e263 - e266 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adamhodges/90/