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UCmeNdc

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Thu Jan 2, 2020, 01:03 PM Jan 2020

Viral Biden video is a terrifying signal of the coming 'disinformation tsunami' in 2020: columnist

Making this era particularly challenging is the fact that the President of the United States has a direct hand in the spread of disinformation.

“Trump has retweeted accounts from the far-right conspiracy theorist QAnon,” Sargent writes. “What’s more, Trump and his prominent supporters have played an active role in spreading disinformation against Democrats. After a conspiracy theory falsely connected former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke to the recent Texas mass murderer, shadowy but prominent Trump allies amplified the claim.”


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/viral-biden-video-is-a-terrifying-signal-of-the-coming-disinformation-tsunami-in-2020-columnist/

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Viral Biden video is a terrifying signal of the coming 'disinformation tsunami' in 2020: columnist (Original Post) UCmeNdc Jan 2020 OP
There is no bar low enough. I'm afraid we haven't seen the worst, this time with the force and wiggs Jan 2020 #1
+1 dalton99a Jan 2020 #3
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wiggs

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1. There is no bar low enough. I'm afraid we haven't seen the worst, this time with the force and
Thu Jan 2, 2020, 01:06 PM
Jan 2020

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