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A bias focused on systematically undermining the credibility of people, sources, or institutions that provide opposing information. Discrediting Bias goes beyond questioning evidence to questioning the very possibility that certain sources could be trustworthy. It's the bias of poisoning the well before any water is drawn—making it impossible for opposing information to be heard because its sources have been pre-emptively discredited.
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