The Real Election Disinformation Threat Is Local
By focusing on the most high-profile electoral races in the U.S., media and government officials are leaving broad swaths of the democratic process vulnerable.
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By focusing on the most high-profile electoral races in the U.S., media and government officials are leaving broad swaths of the democratic process vulnerable.
During Tuesday's CNN This Morning, Kasie Hunt prompted Politico journalist Sasha Issenberg's new book about disinformation and to share his opinion about how Republicans were supposedly idiots for not joining Democrats in their mental breakdown over some degenerate spreading AI disinformation on the internet. He also tried to reassure viewers that the White House and Biden campaign were focusing their efforts on countering the disinformation about President Biden's age among people they thought could help him win in November.
Just published: The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age by Sasha Issenberg.A lively and deep secret history of Democratic politics in the Trump years.
Sasha Issenberg talks with Lynn Schmidt about how voters and campaigns can fight back during this age of disinformation.
The PBS NewsHour fiercely attacked both presidential candidate Donald Trump and its journalistic competitors Fox News for racism in a segment that appeared online under the heading “Trump deploys racist tactics as Biden rematch appears likely.” They reached back to smear Nixon and Reagan as well.