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A few months ago I saw this @Acosta interview with Trump supporters and wondered what had made them convinced that masks were useless and Covid a hoax?
A few months ago I saw this @Acosta interview with Trump supporters and wondered what had made them convinced that masks were useless and Covid a hoax?
Was it all what Trump was saying all rallies or how was what people were reading online playing into it?
Around the same time @ddale8 and I had fact-checked a false video that purported to show Biden falling asleep during a live TV interview. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/tech/trump-facebook-twitter-fact-check/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/0...
Around the same time @ddale8 and I had fact-checked a false video that purported to show Biden falling asleep during a live TV interview. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/tech/trump-facebook-twitter-fact-check/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/0...
Then I went to a Trump rally and one of the first examples a guy mentioned for Biden not being fit for office was that very false video. https://youtu.be/wOHU9xo_Pws ">https://youtu.be/wOHU9xo_P...
Quite the story. But maybe a one-off...
But no, I go to another Trump rally. The day after the first debate. A false viral YouTube/Facebook video is cited repeatedly to me as proof Biden was wearing an earpiece at the debate. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/tech/biden-debate-wire-conspiracy/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/0...
But no, I go to another Trump rally. The day after the first debate. A false viral YouTube/Facebook video is cited repeatedly to me as proof Biden was wearing an earpiece at the debate. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/tech/biden-debate-wire-conspiracy/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/0...
How to stop the spread of lies on social media?
Maybe fact-checkers.
But fact-checkers who work for Facebook like @AlanDukeNews have about as much trust among some Trump supporters as someone like me who works for CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/tech/fact-checkers-facebook-trump/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/2...
Maybe fact-checkers.
But fact-checkers who work for Facebook like @AlanDukeNews have about as much trust among some Trump supporters as someone like me who works for CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/tech/fact-checkers-facebook-trump/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/2...
And that brings us to a few days after the election. Where people who read viral misinformation alleging election fraud took to the streets saying the election was rigged. And who didn’t believe the fact-checkers because they didn’t trust them. https://youtu.be/mc7_GzMOodY ">https://youtu.be/mc7_GzMOo...
And some of those folks were never going to accept the facts. Some of them were always going to believe and embrace misinformation.
But saying *all* of it wouldn’t have happened without Facebook is also ignoring the facts.
As @cwarzel shows here. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/facebook-disinformation-boomers.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/2...
But saying *all* of it wouldn’t have happened without Facebook is also ignoring the facts.
As @cwarzel shows here. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/24/opinion/facebook-disinformation-boomers.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/2...
