Over a Third of Info Shared by GOP Candidates Is Misinformation: Report

[MTAtech]

Over a Third of Info Shared by GOP Candidates Is Misinformation: Report​

Data analysis by two New York University researchers found that more than one-third of Republican candidates' online communications this election cycle contained some form of misinformation, intensifying questions about politicians' role in perpetuating inaccurate or sometimes false narratives in the national political discourse.

The analysis—published by NYU researchers Maggie Macdonald and Megan A. Brown in The Washington Post Monday—found Republicans share misinformation online at substantially higher rates than Democrats, with Republican challengers constituting the majority of the misleading content.

The findings also revealed a sharp increase in misinformation circulating online since the 2016 election of former President Donald Trump, with highly visible GOP candidates like Sarah Palin contributing to some of the highest levels of misinformation of any candidates in the last decade. And those candidates, the paper noted, are winning, raising new questions about their potential impact on the U.S. political system.
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Call me shocked -- shocked I say!

Republicans can't win on their policies that favor the wealthy and corporations, so they must mislead voters into believing things that just aren't true.

 

[bongsaway]

Over a Third of Info Shared by GOP Candidates Is Misinformation: Report​

Data analysis by two New York University researchers found that more than one-third of Republican candidates' online communications this election cycle contained some form of misinformation, intensifying questions about politicians' role in perpetuating inaccurate or sometimes false narratives in the national political discourse.

The analysis—published by NYU researchers Maggie Macdonald and Megan A. Brown in The Washington Post Monday—found Republicans share misinformation online at substantially higher rates than Democrats, with Republican challengers constituting the majority of the misleading content.

The findings also revealed a sharp increase in misinformation circulating online since the 2016 election of former President Donald Trump, with highly visible GOP candidates like Sarah Palin contributing to some of the highest levels of misinformation of any candidates in the last decade. And those candidates, the paper noted, are winning, raising new questions about their potential impact on the U.S. political system.
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Call me shocked -- shocked I say!

Republicans can't win on their policies that favor the wealthy and corporations, so they must mislead voters into believing things that just aren't true.

Is owning the libs enough policy to win in the general election? The gop has no policies except the usual ones, god, guns, tax cuts. Abortion can no longer be used since they've managed to do away with it where possible.

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Over a Third of Info Shared by GOP Candidates Is Misinformation: Report​

Data analysis by two New York University researchers found that more than one-third of Republican candidates' online communications this election cycle contained some form of misinformation, intensifying questions about politicians' role in perpetuating inaccurate or sometimes false narratives in the national political discourse.

The analysis—published by NYU researchers Maggie Macdonald and Megan A. Brown in The Washington Post Monday—found Republicans share misinformation online at substantially higher rates than Democrats, with Republican challengers constituting the majority of the misleading content.

The findings also revealed a sharp increase in misinformation circulating online since the 2016 election of former President Donald Trump, with highly visible GOP candidates like Sarah Palin contributing to some of the highest levels of misinformation of any candidates in the last decade. And those candidates, the paper noted, are winning, raising new questions about their potential impact on the U.S. political system.
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Call me shocked -- shocked I say!

Republicans can't win on their policies that favor the wealthy and corporations, so they must mislead voters into believing things that just aren't true.

I am shocked. That seems like an unrealistically low percentage.

 

[Taylor]

The analysis—published by NYU researchers Maggie Macdonald and Megan A. Brown in The Washington Post Monday

Couldn't find a scholarly journal willing to publish it, so they went with the left wing rag.