@incollection{bernecker_epistemic_2021,
	title = {An epistemic defense of news abstinence},
	isbn = {978-0-19-886397-7},
	abstract = {If we have reason to believe that by following the news, we acquire more false beliefs than true ones or we acquire true but irrelevant beliefs, then we may be justified in taking a newsbreak. We are propositionally justified in temporarily ignoring the news either in a domain or from a source if (i) we are in a fake news environment or are justified in believing that we are, and (ii) it is cognitively difficult or time consuming to discriminate genuine from fake news or to obtain genuine news. The defense of news abstinence rests either on reliabilism about justification or the defeasibility theory. When reliabilism is combined with epistemic consequentialism, news abstinence in a fake news environment is not only epistemically permitted but also epistemically required. © Sven Bernecker 2021.},
	language = {English},
	booktitle = {The {Epistemology} of {Fake} {News}},
	author = {Bernecker, S.},
	year = {2021},
	doi = {10.1093/oso/9780198863977.003.00014},
	keywords = {Blinding, Coverage reliability, Epistemic consequentialism, Epistemic value, Fake news environment, Ignorance in history and philosophy of science and technology - general information, Motivated ignorance, PRINTED (Fonds papier)},
	pages = {286--309},
}

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