Swamp Notes: Misinformation as a campaign strategy
Donald Trump is no stranger to spreading misinformation. Is it a winning electoral strategy?
FT News Briefing · Forhecz Topher
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Show Notes
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate senator JD Vance have spent the past few weeks pushing a false claim that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating residents’ pets. The FT’s US national editor, Ed Luce, and New York correspondent, Joshua Chaffin, join this week’s Swamp Notes to discuss why misinformation is a powerful electoral strategy and whether the truth matters to voters.
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