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

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A large portion of Americans are unintelligent.

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You should probably read her quotes and not fall into this category.

I’ll give another better example than the OP.

Whoopi

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Earlier this year, the actress claimed that if Trump were to be elected, "maybe it's time for me to move, you know," on an episode of The View.

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This fool has said — and I know he is the president… This is a bigger picture than him. This ripples out on so many bigger things… Whatever you believe no child should be afraid that their parents are going to be taken away because they are Muslim or because they are Mexican or because they are Black… and that to me is an issue

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See these are much better examples of people just reading headlines while keeping their head up their own arse.