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THE QUESTION

Why do false claims spread faster than corrections?

Does one influence the other? Three quarters of the votes cast decide.

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A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check itopendiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slowopendiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interestopendiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✓ yesdiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✓ yesdiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✓ yesdiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it✓ yesdiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✓ yesdiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow✓ yesdiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow✓ yesdiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✓ yesdiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow✓ yesdiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow✓ yesdiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✓ yesdiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✓ yesdiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✓ inferreddiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✓ inferreddiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✗ nodiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✗ nodiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✗ nodiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✗ nodiscuss
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it✗ nodiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it✗ nodiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✗ nodiscuss
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✗ nodiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✗ nodiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it✗ nodiscuss
The bodies that issue guidance also fund those who check it→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✗ nodiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong✗ nodiscuss
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✗ nodiscuss
Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
Nobody is assigned to look for evidence that the advice was wrong→Guidance was stated more confidently than the evidence supported✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed✗ nodiscuss
Declaring an interest has replaced avoiding one→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✗ nodiscuss
A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not→Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice✗ nodiscuss
The first statement sets the frame and every revision fights it→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✗ nodiscuss
Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides→A quiet revision looks like concealment even when it is not✗ nodiscuss
Advice must be given before the evidence is complete or it is not advice→Officials learned that hedging gets them attacked from both sides✗ nodiscuss
A correction arrives long after the decision it should have changed→Nuance is stripped between the briefing and the headline✗ nodiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→…✗ nodiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→…✗ nodiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→…✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✗ nodiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✗ nodiscuss
…→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✗ nodiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ nodiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest✗ nodiscuss
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow✗ nodiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ nodiscuss
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest✗ nodiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ nodiscuss
…→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✗ nodiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss
…→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→…✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→…✗ nodiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ nodiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
…→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✗ nodiscuss
…→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ nodiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→…✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✗ nodiscuss
…→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest✗ nodiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ noin focus ↑ · close ✕
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow✗ nodiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✗ nodiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✗ nodiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
…→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ nodiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✗ nodiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✗ nodiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→…✗ nodiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest✗ nodiscuss
Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
…→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow✗ nodiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow✗ nodiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest✗ nodiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
…→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined✗ nodiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year✗ nodiscuss
Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest→Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it✗ nodiscuss
Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest✗ nodiscuss
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→Retracting a paper takes years and the claim travels in days✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✗ nodiscuss
Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs→So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly✗ nodiscuss
There is no routine moment at which guidance is re-examined→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→Anyone with relevant expertise has funding from someone with an interest✗ nodiscuss
A minister needs an answer this week and the study reports next year→…✗ nodiscuss
So the incentive is to revise quietly rather than loudly→Reversing guidance is used as proof the whole thing was a lie✗ nodiscuss
Being wrong in public costs an institution more than being slow→…✗ nodiscuss
Emergency powers suspend the checks that would have caught it→Nobody has ever measured what a late correction costs✗ nodiscuss