At a time of increasing polarization and rigid ideologies, the L.A. Times has decided it wants to make its opinion pieces less persuasive to readers by increasing the cost of changing your mind.
Including how research into sports fandom explains Trump supporters’ claims of voter fraud: “One’s degree of team identification is a major predictor for attributing a loss to external forces such as referees and opponents’ cheating, resulting in denial of the outcome.”
Benton, Joshua. "Pablo Boczkowski: The gap between what reporters write and readers read threatens news orgs’ future." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 11 Mar. 2011. Web. 26 Mar. 2025.
APA
Benton, J. (2011, Mar. 11). Pablo Boczkowski: The gap between what reporters write and readers read threatens news orgs’ future. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 26, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/pablo-boczkowski-the-gap-between-what-reporters-write-and-readers-read-threatens-news-orgs-future/
Chicago
Benton, Joshua. "Pablo Boczkowski: The gap between what reporters write and readers read threatens news orgs’ future." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 11, 2011. Accessed March 26, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/pablo-boczkowski-the-gap-between-what-reporters-write-and-readers-read-threatens-news-orgs-future/.
Wikipedia
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