On election night, as the results looked to be in Trump’s favor, the baseless conspiracy theories about fraud began tapering off.

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    14 days ago

    I would say everyone does it. Confirmation bias isn’t something you can completely avoid. You can try to recognise it in yourself, but most of the time it’s a lot more subtle. As simple as reading something you agree with and not going to check the source. We ALL do that.