Propaganda Contagion

…Algorithms designed by Yahoo wiz kids make sure that at least twenty-five percent of the headlines I see are positive stories about same-sex marriage… Interestingly, I had read the previous weekend about the revelation of a clandestine experiment that Facebook conducted on its subscribers. … That got me wondering: aren't judges people too? Aren't they subject to emotional contagion as easily as the rest of us mortals? …