The Elucidators: Decoding Global News

Donnie & The Deepfakes: Disinformation, COVID-19 and the 2020 Election

Episode Summary

Lies.Malarkey.Propaganda.Fake news.Misinformation.Disinformation.Weaponized Bullshit.The internet has all of these… as well as… real public information and actual news!This week, Steve and Soumi talk about the deluge of disinformation and how we all play part in spreading it, whether it comes from foreign governments or homegrown conspiracy theorists.And, of course, we have to talk about the world’s most notable purveyor of fake news, President Donald Trump and the upcoming 2020 U.S. Presidential election...and much MUCH MORE!More reading: 1. https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-thomas-rid-active-measures-part-12. https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/more-harm-than-good-twitter-struggles-to-label-misleading-covid-19-tweets/3. https://www.c-span.org/video/?459639-1/depth-kathleen-hall-jamieson4. https://warontherocks.com/2020/05/disarming-disinformation/5. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/these-disinformation-researchers-saw-coronavirus-infodemic-coming-n1206911Also, visit and like us on all the social medias!https://www.facebook.com/theelucidators/https://twitter.com/The_Elucidators https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCwm7lk1nGQGBsIjjpVMeIA

Episode Notes

Lies.

Malarkey.

Propaganda.

Fake news.

Misinformation.

Disinformation.

Weaponized Nonsense.

The internet has all of these… as well as… real public information and actual news!

This week, Steve and Soumi talk about the deluge of disinformation and how we all play part in spreading it, whether it comes from foreign governments or homegrown conspiracy theorists.

And, of course, we have to talk about the world’s most notable purveyor of fake news, President Donald Trump and the upcoming 2020 U.S. Presidential election...and much MUCH MORE!