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Trump And Allies Ratchet Up Disinformation Efforts: Post

The Washington Post documents numerous misleading claims and doctored videos spread by the Trump campaign and allies.

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As the election approaches, the president and his allies have stepped up a campaign of misinformation. The Washington Post documents some of the falsehoods.
As the election approaches, the president and his allies have stepped up a campaign of misinformation. The Washington Post documents some of the falsehoods. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

For President Trump and his allies, it was a week spent spreading doctored and misleading videos.

Among the examples of pro-Trump distortions cited by The Washington Post:

  • On Aug. 30, the president retweeted footage of a Black man violently pushing a White woman on a subway platform under the caption, “Black Lives Matter/Antifa” — but the man was not affiliated with either group, and the video was shot in October.
  • White House social media director Dan Scavino shared a manipulated video that falsely showed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden seeming to fall asleep during a television interview, complete with a fake TV headline.
  • And Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the second-ranking House Republican, released a video splicing together quotes from activist Ady Barkan — who has Lou Gehrig’s disease and uses computer voice assistance — to falsely make it sound as if he had persuaded Biden to defund police departments.

See the full story from The Washington Post.

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