Harvard Study: President Trump Harnesses Mass Media to Spread Dis-Information

Media on Internet is the message - from primary sources and traditional broadcasters to trolls, to 24-hour news channels and local syndicated news there are "influencers" that are analyzed and explained in this study.
What can the press do . . . 
Mail-in voting has been a tried and tested part of America's electoral system for decades. Yet in recent months, it's been the target of a coordinated disinformation campaign propagated not by Russia, but President Trump and his Republican allies. 
A new Harvard study led by Yochai Benkler examines how the president harnesses mass media to disseminate and reinforce disinformation about mail-in voter fraud. 
Benkler joins Hari Sreenivasan to explain his findings. Originally aired on October 7, 2020.

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•Oct 7, 2020

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