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Fact-checking may be important, but it won't help Americans learn to disagree better

  • Written by Taylor Dotson, Associate Professor of Social Science, New Mexico Tech
Fact-checking may be important, but it won't help Americans learn to disagree betterYou're not the only one having trouble discerning the truth.nicoletaionescu/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Entering the new year, Americans are increasingly divided. They clash not only over differing opinions on COVID-19 risk or abortion, but basic facts like election counts and whether vaccines work. Surveying rising political antagonism, journalist...

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