Backfire Effect

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

When the lie that Obama was a Muslim was pointed out, something strange happened. More people came to believe that Obama is, in fact, a Muslim. This is the backfire effect. Correcting false information often reinforces the mistaken belief. But ironically, that is Dead Wrong^®. The truth comes out with Free To Choose^® Media Executive Editor and Cato Institute Senior Fellow Johan Norberg.