Why Piling On Facts May Not Help In The Battle Against Fake News

By Shankar Vedantam

Published March 14, 2017 at 5:04 AM EDT

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Shankar Vedantam

Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.

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