Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Gossip more powerful than truth

Hello, anyone who has ever been in any kind of leadership instinctively knows this to be true. It's the murmurings that people love to listen to, whether there is any truth there or not.

Gossip is more powerful than truth, a study showed on Monday, suggesting people believe what they hear through the grapevine even if they have evidence to the contrary. Read the rest.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gossip has come to denote negative information passed along, often without proof or justification. People talk, but why do people like to hear and believe negative info over non-negative info.