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Mike Williams asks if we now live in a post-factual age 鈥� where messages of fear dominate and the truth goes unspoken or unheard? He investigates the 鈥淏ackfire Effect鈥� which means that entrenched views can become more entrenched 鈥� when confronted by contradictory facts. Politicians are often accused of distorting the truth 鈥� with Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump the latest.

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