Why misinformation didn't wreck the midterms

[applegrove]

Why misinformation didn't wreck the midterms

Ashley Gold and Sara Fischer at Axios

https://www.axios.com/2022/11/18/misinformation-midterms-experts

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Misinformation about voting and election denialism didn't swamp the midterms as many experts had feared — and many election deniers on the ballot, particularly for the crucial secretary-of-state roles, lost their races.

How it works: Platforms, governments and the media took countermeasures that were at least partially effective, based on their lessons from 2016, 2018 and 2020.

* "Denialism narratives are still out there circulating," Jared Holt, senior research manager at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, told Axios. "The difference here is that they just don't seem to be exciting people like they did in 2020."

* "It's hard to say how much of that is attributable to [actions from] tech platforms, and how much is just general public sentiment," Holt said.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Crazy ideas are like a rising stock market

Once the gullible are hooked and paid their dues, there's no one left to sell to

[Meadowoak]

2. fool me once, shame on you. fool me- you can't get fooled again.

George W. Bush

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. All that Democratic focus on high crimes & insurrections paid off. Made R disinfo more impotent

I think that NYT and WaPo free articles about Jan 6 had a big rippling outward impact too. Kudos there.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Yes, crying WOLF too many times did the trick, I suspect. Voters (for the most part) are ignoring

those crybaby candidates or Congresspersons that moan over every single 'wrong' thing that according to them (and them only, of course).