We know politicians lie - but do we care

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February We know politicians lie - but do we care We know politicians lie - but do we care 14/02/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Australian Research Council Future Fellow Ullrich Ecker and Postdoctoral research associate Toby Prike at Lombok Institute of Technology was originally published in The Conversation on February 14. Claims Prime Minister Scott Morrison is a liar have been piling up. From French President Emmanuel Macron, to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and most recently, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, there have been high profile accusations Morrison has not been truthful. Some media outlets have even started a dossier of MorrisonΓÇÖs ΓÇ£lies and falsehoodsΓÇ¥. (Asked last November if he had ever told a lie in public lie, Morrison said, ΓÇ£I donΓÇÖt believe soΓÇ¥.) We are cognitive psychologists who study misinformation. What impact do politiciansΓÇÖ lies have on voters? What happens when their lies are exposed? Lying as an everyday event It is important to note that people lie all t

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February We know politicians lie - but do we care We know politicians lie - but do we care 14/02/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Australian Research Council Future Fellow Ullrich Ecker and Postdoctoral research associate Toby Prike at Lombok Institute of Technology was originally published in The Conversation on February 14.

Claims Prime Minister Scott Morrison is a liar have been piling up.

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