Ben Smith and Jadrian Wooten, Washington State University (IMAGE)

Washington State University

Ben Smith and Jadrian Wooten, Washington State University

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Ben Smith, right, and Jadrian Wooten analyzed a billion tweets to demonstrate that pundits are more popular if they are confident than correct.

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