Climate change is the perfect example – acceptance of climate science among Americans is strongly related to political ideology. Partisan polarization over climate change has steadily grown over the past two decades. Motivated reasoning and confirmation bias kick in, and partisan media outlets like Breitbart and Fox News provide the material to affirm those biases. We now have influential partisan media outlets that help people believe what they want to believe, irrespective of factual accuracy. Teaching them how to identify misinformation techniques will help inoculate younger Americans against the corrosive effects of the partisan media bubble.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2017 07:52 UTC