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How Strategic Litigation Feeds On and Fuels Political Narrative
Life in Donald Trump’s America can feel like a courtroom soap opera, where each day brings a new manufactured controversy. At times it can seem as though the administration disdains the courts and the rule of law, but MAGA world embraces the judiciary not just for litigating legal change as they would like it to be but also for its dramatic potential in the court of public opinion.
Opinion | We research rumors. Here’s how the right’s election denial machine has evolved since 2020. Original
Since 2020, many voters have been increasingly primed to see elections as unfair and potentially rigged. Lasting election denialism has fanned mistrust in election administration, particularly among Republicans. After Donald Trump questioned or rejected the validity of results of both 2016 and 2020 contests, it could be especially difficult for his supporters to accept a potential loss in such a tight race in 2024.
Misinformation is more than just bad facts: How and why people spread rumors is key to understanding how false information travels and takes root
Misinformation is more than just bad facts: How and why people spread rumors is key to understanding how false information travels and takes root
Misinformation is more than just bad facts: How and why people spread rumors is key to understanding how false information travels and takes root Original
On Sept. 20, 2024, a newspaper in Montana reported an issue with ballots provided to overseas voters registered in the state: Kamala Harris was not on the ballot. Election officials were able to quickly remedy the problem but not before accusations began to spread online, primarily among Democrats, that the Republican secretary of state had purposefully left Harris off the ballot.
Misinformation is more than just bad facts: How and why people spread rumors is key to understanding how false information travels and takes root
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Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
Tomson is research manager for the Center for an Informed Public and the University of Washington. Haughey and Prochaska are graduate research assistants and the Center for an Informed Public. In the immediate hours after the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, social media users posted the same videos, images and eyewitness accounts but used them as evidence for different rumors or theories that aligned with their political preferences.
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
By Stephen Prochaska, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington In the immediate hours after the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, social media users posted the same videos, images and eyewitness accounts but used them as evidence for different rumors or theories that aligned with their political preferences.
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum Original
In the immediate hours after the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, social media users posted the same videos, images and eyewitness accounts but used them as evidence for different rumors or theories that aligned with their political preferences. Among the deluge of rumors, one TikTok creator narrated the instantly iconic photo of Trump raising his fist, ear bloodied as he emerged from the Secret Service scrum.
Online rumors sparked by the Trump assassination attempt spread rapidly, on both ends of the political spectrum
In the immediate hours after the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump on July 13, 2024, social media users posted the same videos, images and eyewitness accounts but used them as evidence for different rumors or theories that aligned with their political preferences. Among the deluge of rumors, one TikTok creator narrated the instantly iconic photo of Trump raising his fist, ear bloodied as he emerged from the Secret Service scrum.
Misinformation or activism?: analyzing networked moral panic through an exploration of #SaveTheChildren
ABSTRACT Central to the growth and visibility of conspiracy theory QAnon is the #SaveTheChildren movement – a digital social movement aimed to bring awareness to and end child trafficking. This paper analyzes the #SaveTheChildren movement on image-sharing platform Instagram, where the hashtag (and related others) had to be shielded by the platform because of its association with QAnon.
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