Political Scientists Blame Misinformation on "Radical Right Populism" – The Daily Sceptic

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Political Scientists Blame Misinformation on "Radical Right Populism" – The Daily Sceptic

According to a new political science article highlighted in the Guardian, "Misinformation and radical-Right populism must henceforth be understood as inextricable". Apparently, everyone else always only tells the truth.

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DMZ – POLICY ¦ Sarah Koller ¦ A fascinating study by Petter Törnberg and Juliana Chueri explores how radical-right-wing populists spread misinformation in order to manipulate public perception. The two researchers have conducted an impressive data analysis that includes 32 million tweets of parliamentarians from 26 countries over a period of six years. Their results highlight the complex mechanisms by which political elites, especially radical-r…