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Negativity and Misinformation

Thu, April 3, 3:20 to 4:50pm CDT (3:20 to 4:50pm CDT), Palmer House Hilton, Floor: 7th, Dearborn 2

Brief Overview

We posit that negativity biases in news account for a portion of inaccuracies (or “misinformation”) in coverage of conditions, and find such a connection between actual unemployment rates and related news across the six major US broadcasters.

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