It turns out that we don't remember stuff that well. Well, we remember in very particular ways. If something is repeated a bunch, we remember it. Except we don't remember negatives. Which leads to problems when websites have Myth Vs. Fact quizzes. We don't remember which one is true, and which one is false.
Which reminds me that getting your news from radio is better than TV. Doesn't surprise me at all. Radio is a verbal medium, one of thoughts. TV is a visual medium, one of emotions. In order, people know more facts if they use radio, then print, then TV. With one strong exception: The Daily Show/Colbert Report. What's up with that? Are our satirists better journalists? Or does their unvarnished honesty cut through the repeated messages of our politicians to the facts?
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