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Can we laugh about COVID-19?
A news story, if delivered with a joke or a punchline, is remembered more clearly and shared more often — that's the indication of a new US study. But does that mean that the news should be funny? And how does that work when the topic is tragic?
- Date 18.01.2021
- Duration 13:29 mins.
- Author Gabriel Borrud, Conor Dillon
- All audios Science unscripted
- Related Subjects Coronavirus, Fact check
- Keywords coronavirus, COVID-19, news, humor, study, memory, Stephen Colbert
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