2020美國大選

Conspiracy and disinformation: America’s new politics

False and misleading claims have proliferated across platforms at unprecedented levels

Ten days before the US election, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted a short video of Joe Biden with the caption: “BIDEN ADMITS TO VOTER FRAUD!” 

In the clip, the Democratic presidential candidate said that his campaign had “put together the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organisation in the history of American politics”. 

It was, in fact, an absent-minded slip of the tongue. Mr Biden was talking about his campaign’s voter protection project — an initiative designed to combat voter suppression. But the clip was carefully edited to imply otherwise and swiftly exploded on social media.

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