Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign | Berkman Klein Center
cyber.harvard.edu/publication/2020/Mail-in-Voter-Fraud-Disinformation-2020
What Jamie wrote
Disinformation is the right term here. This is an in-depth analysis of the attempt to discredit the upcoming election.
Our findings here suggest that Donald Trump has perfected the art of harnessing mass media to disseminate and at times reinforce his disinformation campaign by using three core standard practices of professional journalism. These three are: elite institutional focus (if the President says it, it’s news); headline seeking (if it bleeds, it leads); and balance, neutrality, or the avoidance of the appearance of taking a side.
The conclusion is spot on. The fix here isn't fact checking, but instead a more disciplined and focused media.