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11/27/2017 / By Russel Davis

It’s all propaganda: New research suggests media coverage about disease outbreaks is designed to control what you think and remember about the disease

A study published in the journal Psychological Science, the flagship publication of the Association for Psychological Science, reveals that mass media coverage and personal anxiety influence people about the facts they both remember and forget during a disease outbreak. “The starting point for our study was the exaggerated coverage of Ebola in 2014 despite the absence of any serious […]

09/14/2016 / By JD Heyes

Clinton camp threatening a ‘free press’ for daring to cover her health issues

Pay attention, America: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has surrounded herself with sycophantic drones who don’t believe in freedom of the press, a basic protection found in the Constitution’s very First Amendment, when it comes to covering their candidate. In recent days, upset that anyone in the press or in the general public would dare question […]

09/06/2016 / By JD Heyes

Mass media shootings: Massacres on the rise, thanks to media coverage?

In the age of Barack Obama it seems as though every few months there is a large-scale shooting in the United States. Never before has this phenomenon occurred – until his presidency. And each shooting gets plenty of airtime. The news networks run with the initial story, update after update, and – for the mainstream […]

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