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Ugly campaign ads and car wrecks: Why we can’t turn away

Scientists will tell you that if they scan people's brains while listening to negative campaign ads, it will light up a spot that triggers disgust and revulsion. Did they have to spend a lot of money to figure that out? You can just talk to any one

Lost in the Middle · Scott Klug

March 21, 202430m 29s

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Scientists will tell you that if they scan people's brains while listening to negative campaign ads, it will light up a spot that triggers disgust and revulsion.

Did they have to spend a lot of money to figure that out? You can just talk to any one of America's 71 million political orphans.

Ugly campaign ads and car wrecks. Why we can't turn away in this month's Lost in the Middle.

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