People are strongly influenced by gossip even when it is explicitly untrustworthy, finds a new study. The findings indicate that qualifiers such as “allegedly” do little to temper the effects of negative information.

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People are strongly influenced by gossip even when it is explicitly untrustworthy, finds a new study. The findings indicate that qualifiers such as “allegedly” do little to temper the effects of negative information.