{"id":13633,"date":"2024-03-09T10:37:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T09:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/09\/the-lie-detectives-trump-us-politics-and-the-disinformation-damage-done\/"},"modified":"2024-03-09T10:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T09:37:16","slug":"the-lie-detectives-trump-us-politics-and-the-disinformation-damage-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/09\/the-lie-detectives-trump-us-politics-and-the-disinformation-damage-done\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lie Detectives: Trump, US politics and the disinformation damage done"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sasha Issenberg considers attempts to distort electoral reality on both sides of the great American divide <\/p>\n

Most of Joe Biden\u2019s past supporters see him as too old<\/a>. An 81-year-old president with an unsteady step is a turn-off. But Donald Trump, Biden\u2019s malignant, 77-year-old predecessor, vows to be a dictator for \u201ca day\u201d, calls for suspending the constitution and threatens Nato. \u201cRussia, if you\u2019re listening\u201d, his infamous 2016 shout-out to Vladimir Putin, still haunts us eight years on. Democracy is on the ballot again.<\/p>\n

Against this bleak backdrop, Sasha Issenberg<\/a> delivers The Lie Detectives, an examination of disinformation in politics. It is a fitting follow-up to The Victory Lab<\/a>, his look at GOTV (\u201cgetting out the vote\u201d) which was published weeks before the 2012 US election.<\/p>\n

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\nSasha Issenberg considers attempts to distort electoral reality on both sides of the great American divide
\nMost of Joe Biden\u2019s past supporters see him as too old. An 81-year-old president with an unsteady step is a turn-off. But Donald Trump, Biden\u2019s malignant, 77-year-old predecessor, vows to be a dictator for \u201ca day\u201d, calls for suspending the constitution and threatens Nato. \u201cRussia, if you\u2019re listening\u201d, his infamous 2016 shout-out to Vladimir Putin, still haunts us eight years on. Democracy is on the ballot again.
\nAgainst this bleak backdrop, Sasha Issenberg delivers The Lie Detectives, an examination of disinformation in politics. It is a fitting follow-up to The Victory Lab, his look at GOTV (\u201cgetting out the vote\u201d) which was published weeks before the 2012 US election. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sasha Issenberg considers attempts to distort electoral reality on both sides of the great American divide Most of Joe Biden\u2019s past supporters see him as too old. An 81-year-old president with an unsteady step is a turn-off. But Donald Trump, Biden\u2019s malignant, 77-year-old predecessor, vows to be a dictator for \u201ca day\u201d, calls for suspending …<\/p>\n

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