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Re:Radiation Spikes at Chernobyl: A Mystery Few Seem Interes... by zerocrates on Saturday August 19, 2023 @03:30AM (#37186418)
It's just a terrible title. The question was "On April 26, 1986, there was an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl. How did you learn about this accident?"
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Re:Radiation Spikes at Chernobyl: A Mystery Few Seem Interes... by pmontra on Saturday August 19, 2023 @06:54AM (#37187453)
If that was the question, how it comes that 33% answered one of

From documentary films

From social media and the Internet

From fictional films/ TV shows

From books

Already books, films, social media and the internet on the very first day of the accident? Fiction, maybe.

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Re:Radiation Spikes at Chernobyl: A Mystery Few Seem Interes... by zerocrates on Saturday August 19, 2023 @01:15PM (#37190907)
The key here is that the question doesn't actually ask "how did you hear about it on the day of the accident," but "how did you hear about it"?

Just the title of the graphic says that, incorrectly. It's a poll that includes 18-year-olds done in 2019, it's clearly not intended to be only asking about the moment of the incident.

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