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Demovictory9

(32,323 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 04:26 AM Oct 2020

Study finds 'single largest driver' of coronavirus misinformation: Trump

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Study-Finds-Single-Largest-Driver-of-15610738.php

WASHINGTON — Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods seeding the internet on the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: President Donald Trump.

That is the conclusion of researchers at Cornell University who analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-language media around the world. Mentions of Trump made up nearly 38% of the overall “misinformation conversation,” making the president the largest driver of the “infodemic” — falsehoods involving the pandemic.

The study, to be released Thursday, is the first comprehensive examination of coronavirus misinformation in traditional and online media.

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Study finds 'single largest driver' of coronavirus misinformation: Trump (Original Post) Demovictory9 Oct 2020 OP
Why is it that trump and the GOP are still spreading putin's propaganda duforsure Oct 2020 #1

duforsure

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1. Why is it that trump and the GOP are still spreading putin's propaganda
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 04:45 AM
Oct 2020

And lies for putin still on Covid 19 and Biden?

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