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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How the Gay Marriage Canvassing Study Fell Apart

    It is rare for people to change their minds on emotionally charged political issues like gun control, climate change, abortion and gay marriage. So when a study that came out last year found that you reverse opinions on gay marriage in a matter of minutes during face-to face encounters, it got a lot of attention.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 22, 2015 • 1 min read

    It is rare for people to change their minds on emotionally charged political issues like gun control, climate change, abortion and gay marriage. So when a study that came out last year found that you reverse opinions on gay marriage in a matter of minutes during face-to face encounters, it got a lot of attention. Now, it turns out that key data in that study was faked and one of the study’s co-authors, scientist Donald Green of Columbia, University has retracted it.

    The full episode

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    Fighting Hollywood Development, Gay Marriage Study Falls Apart, Movies
    1. 0:00Robert Silverstein’s “David v. Goliath” Battle
    2. 8:59LA Rewrites Its Code
    3. 17:00How the Gay Marriage Canvassing Study Fell ApartYou’re reading this
    4. 26:05Memorial Day Movie Roundup
    5. 40:30The New York Times Stops Reviewing Every Movie
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Naomi Shavin

      Reporter at the New Republic.

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Fighting Hollywood Development, Gay Marriage Study Falls Apart, Movies
    1. 0:00Robert Silverstein’s “David v. Goliath” Battle
    2. 8:59LA Rewrites Its Code
    3. 17:00How the Gay Marriage Canvassing Study Fell ApartYou’re reading this
    4. 26:05Memorial Day Movie Roundup
    5. 40:30The New York Times Stops Reviewing Every Movie
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand