“…From a theoretical point of view, some have argued that repeating misinformation in this manner should be avoided because such corrections increase the misinformation's familiarity, which might have undesired consequences: The more familiar information is, the easier it is retrieved from memory, and the more likely it is accepted as true (Dechêne, Stahl, Hansen, & Wanke, ; Weaver, Garcia, Schwarz, & Miller, ); thus, boosting misinformation familiarity might counteract and offset the intended effect of the correction, potentially even leading to ironic backfire effects (Lewandowsky et al ., ; Peter & Koch, ; Skurnik, Yoon, Park, & Schwarz, ; also see Swire, Ecker, & Lewandowsky, ). Moreover, if communication recipients have not encountered a particular false claim before, such corrections can familiarize them with misinformation they were not yet familiar with.…”