Ken Burns: People are making lots of money off 'the big lie' of US election fraud
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, known for expansive movies on quintessential American subjects like "Jazz" and "Baseball," said in a new interview that former President Donald Trump and his allies have damaged the country by promoting the "big lie" of widespread election fraud — and worse yet, they've made money off of it.
Burns said the media environment allows people to make significant amounts of money off of false public comments, and he contrasted such misinformation with his accurate and complex stories about major events and themes of American history.
"There are a lot of people out there making lots of money on [lies], and it's being exploited — and the big lie is part of the combination of that," says Burns, whose new three-part film "Hemingway" premieres on April 5.
"If you look at the big lie, the ex-president's team raised something like $250 million between the election and the inauguration to just support something that is just factually not true," he adds.
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Ken Burns would not mislead us. But he's also smart enough to realize that he can't say this: The Repukes know that can never win an election unless they cheat. Therefore the Repukes have everything to gain and nothing to lose by throwing doubt on our election system. That's what the Big Lie is all about.
