Mistaken Suspect in Dallas Massacre Says He Was 'Defamed' (Bloomberg)
July 8, 2016
Donelson Forsyth, Colonel Leo K. & Gaylee Thorsness Endowed Chair in Ethical Leadership, comments on the difficulty of correcting public perception after an event.
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"Mobs aren't really self-correcting. They don't have the capacity to fact-check, to think slowly, to be rational," he said. "Once a mistake is made, it's almost impossible to retract."
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