Posted on 10/15/2020 5:19:43 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Over the last four years President Donald Trump has seeded the narrative that the 2020 election would be rigged. Those efforts look set to pay off.
A sizable online network built around the president is poised to amplify any claims from Trump about a rigged election, adding reach and enthusiasm that could lend a veneer of legitimacy to otherwise evidence-free allegations.
Multiple social media analyses, including one conducted by a group of nonprofit researchers on behalf of NBC News, have detailed how a collection of the president's relatives and members of his inner circle, along with far-right media manipulators and an online army of disciples, has created or spread false or misleading content that supports his "rigged" narrative, while his campaign is urging supporters to join an "army" and "defend their vote."
This network is not waiting for Election Day to spring into action. The research is among the first to show how misleading or outright false claims about discarded ballots have already become rallying cries.
"The narrative is priming the base, and the base is feeding the narrative," said Kate Starbird, an associate professor with the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public and one of the researchers at the Election Integrity Partnership, a non-partisan collaboration dedicated to identifying disinformation related to the campaign.
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if NBC says it, it must the true. That’s the one Trump always refers to as Con-cast because it’s a con job.
And who are the researchers????
Yeah, 16 years ago I applied for a drivers license in Caifornia. I live in Mexico, I just got ballots sent to me, and YES I will vote. Tell ME again there isn’t any fraud in this election? I can vote in the name of my deceased father, I am JR, and I can vote in the last place of residence I lived in the USA. We all need to vote Early and OFTEN. People don’t like Trump as he always calls it like it is. Yes, it is FRAUD>
Well then, Brandy Zadrozny, you talentless punk, allow me to assist:
And still employs Brian "I've been everywhere and done everything" Williams?
Yes, on both counts. The exploding gas tanks had nothing on Williams who is an exploding gasbag.
Nicely done.
“Fact checkers”, the most ironically named beings that ever existed.
At first I thought, “seeded the narrative?” Then I thought about seeding a lawn, so okay I guess.
Poor try, NBC.
Trump, in his worst times, can slice, dice, and puree you and your marshmallow major lot-T wimpoids.
Keep trying, though. You are doing an excellent job of destroying what little is left of the reputation of journalism.
Poor try, NBC.
Trump, in his worst times, can slice, dice, and puree you and your marshmallow major lot-T wimpoids.
Keep trying, though. You are doing an excellent job of destroying what little is left of the reputation of journalism.
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