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FLICC: One acronym communication experts use to identify misinformation online

Since Twitter began to ramp up its efforts to stop the spread of misinformation online, at least eight of President Trump's tweets have been flagged for misleading information. John Cook, a research assistant professor at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, joins CBSN to discuss the acronym FLICC (fake experts, logical fallacies, impossible expectations, cherry-picking, conspiracy theories), which communication experts use to identify misinformation and how fighting misinformation benefits all Americans.
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