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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
And there's no love lost with the academic left who have fueled the narrative that lib smart con dumb, giving us all a false sense of superiority about our resistance to disinfo.
Now, these same academics are feeding denialism to corporate news— "don't worry everything is okay."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-victory-online-claims-election-fraud-quieted/
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- CBS News headline: When Trump's victory became clear, online claims of election fraud quieted
- "I think this shows that these narratives are pushed when they serve a purpose, and they are stage setting often for efforts to dispute unfavorable results," said Max Read, a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue. "And then once that stage setting and those claims are no longer needed, they're not pushed anymore."
