re: Why do a large portion of Americans believe headlines even without reading the article?

From the Hill.

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Cher is vowing to exit the United States if former President Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. “I almost got an ulcer the last time,” the “Believe” singer said of Trump’s time in the White House, during an interview with The Guardian published Wednesday. “If he gets in, who knows?” Cher said. “This time I will leave [the country,]” the Grammy Award winner declared. The performer has been a longtime vocal Trump critic, calling the 45th president a “f---ing traitor” and saying in a 2018 interview that he had done “so much damage” to the country.

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I get what you are saying but she did say she would leave.


Billboard…

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Speaking to England’s Guardian, Cher, 77, said she is horrified by the possibility that Trump, also 77, could potentially move back into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. if he wins re-election next year in a rematch with President Joe Biden. “I almost got an ulcer the last time,” she said of Trump’s tumultuous four-year term, which concluded with the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump’s followers. “If he get in, who knows?” Cher said. “This time I will leave [the country].”

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She didn’t say this? Are you sure?

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“I was with two trans girls the other night – and of course my own child [Chaz is trans]. I was saying ‘We’ve got to stand together.’ I don’t know what their eventual plan is for trans people. I don’t put anything past them.”

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Actually seems like Cher is the person you are speaking about when reading headlines.