Do ‘fake news’ warning labels make other stories more believable?
A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that disclaimers on some fake news stories make people more readily believe other false stories.
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A study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that disclaimers on some fake news stories make people more readily believe other false stories.
Covid-19 could be a once-in-a-century pandemic disease like Spanish flu. Indeed, social-distancing measures being adopted now are not unlike those taken a century ago. But shouldn’t we find new ways to get on with life?
Is your supply chain immature? Does it resemble a 14-year-old boy, as a planner I met at an Institute of Business Forecasting and Planning event described his company’s supply chain? Grown up beyond diapers but not yet making good decisions consistently. In an immature, disconnected supply chain, planners operate inefficiently and in reactive mode. Not only does this mode make the daily life of a planner difficult, but it does not position the company toward a sustainable supply chain capable of making decisions that are better for profits, people, and the earth. But the opportunity to make an impact for everyone working in supply chain – including Jeff Bezos – is enormous, and it starts with maturing the supply chain’s capability.
The CDC may have trouble tracing some U.S. airline passengers who shared a flight with someone infected with coronavirus, a situation that could have been avoided had the federal government created a plan for sharing passenger data during an emergency like a disease outbreak — and now the agency and airlines are squabbling about who's at fault and how to fix the problem.
Fear of COVID-19 is a powerful force — being used to explain last week’s market crash. From their peak on February 19 to February 28, the market capitalization of stocks fell a whopping $4.6 trillion. As of March 2, the Dow had recovered some of its 12% plunge — up 5.1% on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Yet the Dow is still down 9% from its peak
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