Confirmation bias is pretty close. People actively seek out not neutral factual information, but whatever makes them happy. Conservatives watch Fox NEWS because it makes them feel good about themselves. Liberals watch MSNBC because it makes them feel good about themselves. "Truth be damned, lie to me! It makes me happy."
Big oil doesn't cause global warming because that would make a bunch of rich powerful people bad guys, and they can't have that.
And, sales, marketing, and advertisers aren't sleazy liars because that would make them bad guys, and they can't see that. They can't. It's impossible. Can't be true. No way.
Advertisers are just showing people what they want to see. What they demand to see. They demand to be lied to, so it's okay.
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Confirmation bias is pretty close. People actively seek out not neutral factual information, but whatever makes them happy. Conservatives watch Fox NEWS because it makes them feel good about themselves. Liberals watch MSNBC because it makes them feel good about themselves. "Truth be damned, lie to me! It makes me happy."
Big oil doesn't cause global warming because that would make a bunch of rich powerful people bad guys, and they can't have that.
And, sales, marketing, and advertisers aren't sleazy liars because that would make them bad guys, and they can't see that. They can't. It's impossible. Can't be true. No way.
Advertisers are just showing people what they want to see. What they demand to see. They demand to be lied to, so it's okay.