How to Correct Misinformation, According to Science.

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🗓️ 22 May 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The World Health Organization has called the spread of misinformation around the coronavirus an "infodemic." So what do you do when it's somebody you love spreading the misinformation? In this episode, Maddie talks with Invisibilia reporter Yowei Shaw about one man's very unusual approach to correcting his family. And we hear from experts about what actually works when trying to combat misinformation.

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0:22.5	Maddie Sifai here today with Yoay Shah, a reporter from Invisibilia, NPR's sister pod, about
0:28.6	human behavior, Hey Yoay.
0:30.6	Hey Maddie.
0:31.6	What do you got?
0:32.6	Okay, so you know how one of the big problems right now seems to be like all the misinformation
0:39.9	flying around.
0:41.8	Some public health officials are calling an infodemis.
0:44.6	Journalists find themselves debunking wild claims.
0:47.6	Millions of false tweets.
0:49.6	Right, and it's like especially tricky right now because there's so much we don't know yet.
0:55.6	Which makes it easier for misinformation to flourish, unfortunately.
0:59.7	Right.
1:00.7	And I've been thinking about one particular drama in all this.
1:05.3	Like what do you do when it's somebody you love who's spreading the misinformation?
1:11.0	Right.
1:12.0	Right.
1:13.0	Which is why I was so excited to come across this guy in London named Kush Unadkat and his
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