Why Disinformation Spreads

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1. 12 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   'Andrew Ecker' is a duplicated/unverified co-author; the actual researcher is Ullrich K. H. Ecker.

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   Bibliography (stale): 'Swire-Thompson, B., Ecker, U. K. H., Lewandowsky, S., & Ecker, A. (2020). They might be a liar but they're my liar: Source evaluation and the prevalence of misinformation. Political Psychology, 41(1), 21-34.'

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   Bibliography (fixed): 'Swire-Thompson, B., Ecker, U. K. H., Lewandowsky, S., & Berinsky, A. J. (2020). They might be a liar but they're my liar: Source evaluation and the prevalence of misinformation. Political Psychology, 41(1), 21-34.'

   Why: Body content already correctly read 'Ullrich K. H. Ecker, and Stephan Lewandowsky' with the unverified duplicate co-author 'Andrew Ecker' removed. However, the Sources & Further Reading bibliography still cited the real 2020 Political Psychology paper with a duplicated '& Ecker, A.' as the fourth author instead of the actual fourth author, Adam J. Berinsky (verified via web search against the published paper, DOI 10.1111/pops.12586). Corrected the bibliography entry to '& Berinsky, A. J.' The FAQ field was checked and contains no mention of Ecker, so no FAQ fix was needed.

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