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This article and the politifact "debunking" it leans on without credit, while rightly pointing out the ultimate cause was a typo that we assume was innocent (a
by mellosouls 6y ago
This article and the politifact "debunking" it leans on without credit, while rightly pointing out the ultimate cause was a typo that we assume was innocent (a trailing zero was added to Biden's figures at some point between count and external dissemination) are a little too damning IMO of those sharing the image (without vote fraud claims) - there was clearly a discrepancy that needed immediate explaining, and apparently didn't get corrected until after it had gained momentum.
Sure there are bad faith actors on the right, but showing this 100% Biden uplift in the figures was not misleading in itself, it actually happened and was important to flag.
- reducesuffering 6y agoBut instead of questioning why it happened, it's instead spread with insinuations of fraud. The lie travels faster, is seeded in most viewers' minds, and the later debunking is never as viral and thus doesn't make it to most of the viewers of the insinuations of fraud.