USA Today and the University of Suffolk surveyed 1,000 Trump voters, identified through the 2020 polls, last week. The findings reaffirm that Donald Trump’s big lies are now part of the foundation of the Republican Party. Disorders Disorders, for example:
“Most Trump voters will accept a draft of events on Jan. 6 that was filed by independent intelligence verifiers and law enforcement agencies,” USA Page Susan wrote today. Sunday. “When asked to account for what happened during the attack on the Capitol, 58% of Trump voters say it was an‘ antifa attack in the majority that only involved a few ‘That’s more than twice what it calls a’ gathering of Trump supporters, some of whom attacked the Capitol. ‘Four per cent say it was an’ inspired coup ‘ President Trump. “
Trump sometimes told the public not to believe his eyes and ears – and some of his supporters clearly agreed. The day of the Capitol’s MAGA horror was washed down the memory hole by the Trump foundation. “Only 4% say the impeachment test was not so supportive of Trump; 42% say it made them more supportive,” Page wrote. “Fifty-four percent say it didn’t affect their support.”
The Big Lie about Trump winning the election, and Biden “stealing it”, is largely alive because some people want to believe it and because a constellation of Trump propaganda sources is pumping out diet of dishonest information that compliments it. But it’s also important to see how the Big Lie continues to run and be repeated on prestigious TV shows.
Matt Negrin, a longtime critic of public affairs presentations,
called out ABC Reservation of Rep. Steve Scalise on Sunday: “He was rewarded with 10 minutes of broadcast time and pressed the lie again,” Negrin wrote. “The networks are actively helping Republicans to spread this lie.”
Negrin too
pointed out Lawyers who refused to opt for other network TV shows a few weeks ago were greeted, saying it was “the only show on Sunday that doesn’t preserve those Big Liars’ State of the Union” ”On CNN.
ABC producers would say that Scalise was challenged, over and over again, by guest Jon Karl. They would say that viewers saw how Scalize eliminated the questions and saw how Karl held him accountable. They would say that
“GMA” Monday they heard an exclusive interview with a police officer who defended the Capitol on 1/6. They would say that
all this is part of a news newsletter mission. But are these defenses strong for you when democracy is on the line?
The new “Lost Cause”
– Garry Kasparov
write in response to Negrin: “This is like giving people who sell bleach air time as a miraculous, but even more dangerous, cure.” He said that “denying the integrity of the 2020 election is the new cause lost” and “the media will be partly responsible if it takes root.”
– “Somehow,” Jim Sciutto at CNN
seen, “acknowledges the fact that today – on January 6 and the election – has become a progressive situation in GOP and beyond.”
– Agree or disagree? “The biggest threat is misinformation and domestic disinfection, currently led by political party leaders and on the stage every day with media groups being pushed into‘ two-sided ’ism. through decades of the weight of bad faith, “Jared Holt
write. Holt is a resident of the Atlantic Council digital forensic laboratory.
“Classic disinfo campaign”
Researcher Kate Starbird
write Sunday: “The ‘big lie’ (believing major voter fraud in the 2020 election) of the classic disinfo campaign has a number of features, including: designed to cast doubt (rather than extracting a single definition), pushing multiple (even controversial) statements, actions to overthrow democracy. “
“This is not about finding a meaningful statement,” Starbird wrote. “It’s about creating suspicion by throwing voter fraud spaghetti at the wall. And surprisingly, the next move is to use the same false and misleading statements to wipe out future voters, making it harder for people to vote next time. ” CNN’s Zach Wolf recently wrote about that …
A story about two GOPs
Saturday night on “Judge Jeanine,” Lara Trump said that her father-in-law is the leader of the Republican Party. He is really the man who keeps everyone turning to them to help them get over it. the line – whether we’re talking about 2022 or beyond. “
Sunday morning on “Meet the Press” Chuck Todd asked Will Hurd, “What role should former President Trump play in the future of the Republican party? Or should he not? for him to be a career? ” Hurd said “I think very little, if at all.”
Another takeaway from the new poll
“In the October 2016 USA TODAY / Suffolk poll, 58% of Trump voters said Fox was their most trusted news source. In the new poll, that drops to 34%,” Susan Page mentioned. “Trust has gone up in two relatively new places that have earned a reputation for backing Trump. Newsmax is the most trusted among 17% of Trump voters, on followed by 9% for “One America News.
Here is what David Paleologos from Suffolk said: The findings could reflect “a seismic shift in the landscape of reliable news sources for conservatives.”
