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Where Is US Election Misinformation Coming From? Hint: It's Not Russia

Yochai Benkler discusses election misinformation, and his recent report, with NPR. In the report, Benkler and his team find that President Donald Trump and other elites are central to disinformation about mail-in voting. 

“Early on, this basic desire to grab a headline really helped [Donald Trump] get his message outside of those inside the propaganda feedback loop and into the more mainstream,” Benkler says.

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Public Discourse in the U.S. 2020 Election

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Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign

Working paper shows Disinformation Campaign Surrounding the Risk of Voter Fraud Associated with Mail-in Ballots Follows an Elite-Driven, Mass Media Model; Social Media Plays a Secondary Role in 2020

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