Forget the facts, let’s just have a discussion

This week, NPR proved what has long been suspected: People are more than willing to engage in a discussion about a story without actually knowing anything about what the details are in the story.

On Tuesday, NPR posted this story on its Facebook page.

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And 34,309 people “liked” it. Hundreds commented as the discussion about reading was on…

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Only there was no story, nor research, no details. It was an attempt by NPR to show that people are only too willing to engage on a news story, before knowing what the story is.

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