The result “blows the lid off of this idea” that such beliefs are held by only a fringe population of individuals who are uninformed or ideologically driven, says David Bersoff, head of research at the Edelman Trust Institute. “This is not like a small problematic group.”

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[–] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, so that accounts for the grey being reasonable (although in some of these a arguably too large, if things are well established and people are unsure that's because of groups spreading uncertainty)

The article is mostly focused on that red bar though

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

I'm not sure if 1/4 to 1/3 of people being gullible is staggering to me