How can we all become smarter consumers of news? Another great read from 2020, Rob Brotherton's 'Bad News' delves into the psychology of news, reviewing how the latest research can help navigate this supposedly post-truth world. Available here: bit.ly/3mm1WRr

People talk about the fake news problem as if the problem is just Russian bots. But the real problem is false information spread by reputable media organisations. The latter is harder to solve than the former.

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A new metacognitive bias. How do you know a statement is a #fact an #opinion ? Does it depend on whether you agree? Maybe. #Frontiers paper on “Metacognitive labeling of contentious claims: Facts, opinions, and #conspiracytheories ” with Barnard College Prof Rob Brotherton

I wrote a book about this kind of thing amazon.com/dp/1472962850/

“So if you want to blame two kids who made an internet documentary 20 years ago for what a president did in the last four years, I don’t think that’s really fair.” thedailybeast.com/even-the-loose…

“Better, surely, to avoid challenges whenever possible by limiting our information environment to a warm cocoon of comforting reassurance.” - a Rob Brotherton #truthbomb in “Bad News” #fakenews