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People will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage”

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Summary
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66% Informative

Rob Bauer , the chair of a NATO military committee, reportedly said, “It is more competent not to wait, but to hit launchers in Russia in case Russia attacks us. We must strike first ” Study: When content evokes outrage, people are consistently sharing it without even clicking into the article.

When we get outraged, we simply care less if what’s got us outraged is even real.

VR Score

68

Informative language

65

Neutral language

13

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

short-lived

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