You've heard what the recent research says, right? These guys did research on "Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries"
"We find that radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation. Populism, left-wing populism, and right-wing politics are not linked to the spread of misinformation."
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stux⚡
In response to this post@CelloMomOnCars I had a suspicion 😉
I'm pretty freaking left but I hate when i post something that turns out to be not true so i will correct it right away, let alone spread mis info on purpose...
@stux
That's cool, but the paper is about politicians:
"This article examines which parties are more likely to spread misinformation, by drawing on a comprehensive database of 32M tweets from parliamentarians in 26 countries, spanning 6 years and several election periods.
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These results suggest that political misinformation should be understood as part and parcel of the current wave of radical right populism, and its opposition to liberal democratic institution."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/19401612241311886
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