Scientists confirm what every TV news network,

Scientists confirm what every TV news network, conservative radio commentator, and blogger already knows: “Repeated exposure to one person’s viewpoint can have almost as much influence as exposure to shared opinions from multiple people. This finding shows that hearing an opinion multiple times increases the recipient’s sense of familiarity and in some cases gives a listener a false sense that an opinion is more widespread then it actually is.” (via snarkmarket)

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