As voting starts Conservatives spread lies

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As voting starts Conservatives spread lies

Post by bmforre » Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:23 am

Organised lies in full flow
The claims of electoral fraud were false, proved untrue by public data and the state’s top election official.

That didn’t stop them from going viral, as right-wing activists took to Twitter over the weekend to spread specious allegations of malfeasance on the eve of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.

The episode showcased the perils of conducting elections in the age of social media, where volume is more important than veracity.
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Re: As voting starts Conservatives spread lies

Post by secret squirrel » Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:07 am

See also the respectable media spreading false information about the recent Bolivian election. Truth always takes a backseat to political expediency.

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Re: As voting starts Conservatives spread lies

Post by Rich Scopie » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:54 pm

bmforre wrote:
Tue Feb 04, 2020 4:23 am
Organised lies in full flow
The claims of electoral fraud were false, proved untrue by public data and the state’s top election official.

That didn’t stop them from going viral, as right-wing activists took to Twitter over the weekend to spread specious allegations of malfeasance on the eve of Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses.

The episode showcased the perils of conducting elections in the age of social media, where volume is more important than veracity.
Much more at link.
Rats. Paywalled.
It first was a rumour dismissed as a lie, but then came the evidence none could deny:
a double page spread in the Sunday Express — the Russians are running the DHSS!

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