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I’m not sure what kind of conversation you’re trying to start with this comment, but the article is pretty clear in its case: > Platforms also want to appear p
by proggy 6y ago
I’m not sure what kind of conversation you’re trying to start with this comment, but the article is pretty clear in its case:
> Platforms also want to appear politically neutral. Inconveniently for them, our research found that although some election-related misinformation circulated on the left, the pattern of the same accounts repeatedly spreading false or misleading claims about voting, or about the legitimacy of the election itself, occurred almost exclusively among pro-Trump influencers, QAnon boosters, and other outlets on the right. We were not the only ones to observe this; researchers at Harvard [1] described the former president and the right-wing media as driving a “disinformation campaign” around mail-in voter fraud during the 2020 election; the researchers’ prior work had meticulously detailed a “propaganda feedback loop” within the closely linked right-wing media ecosystem.
[1] PDF: https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37365484/Benkler-etal-Mail-in-Voter-Fraud-Anatomy-of-a-Disinformation-Campaign.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/37365484/Benkler...
- ipsocannibal 6y agoThe original commentor has 5 karma on a 6 month old account. It isn't trying to start a conversation.
- krapp 6y agoWhataboutism is a very common tactic of the right-wing propaganda machine, it's so common on HN that it's become a cliche. Don't bother trying to engage with such bad faith commenters, their only goal is to poison the well.