KGTV in San Diego talks conspiracy theories with NLP’s Silva

Published on November 5, 2020 NLP in the News

NLP’s John Silva was interviewed by KGTV in San Diego on Nov. 5 for the segment Election rumors permeating social networks underscores need for media literacy. “We don’t like this idea of being uncomfortable that there’s some big thing that we’re not aware of. In the discomfort and the anxiety of not knowing, we might accept [the false information],” he says in order to explain the appeal of conspiracy theories and viral rumors about the 2020 election.

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