Reactive Dvaluation Bias - What Is It?

Reactive dvaluation bias means that you value an idea because it came from someone you don't like. We as human beings have trouble assembling good information, and even when the information is good, we can still screw it up. Even if the sources of our information are bad, it becomes really difficult to figure out what the story is. If the sources that we're getting our information from are deliberately manipulating, or trying to manipulate, that information, then we're in some serious trouble,. So how does this relate? How does this, this idea of information and intelligence translated into the civilian sector?