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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'This is f--ing crazy': Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories
A flood of disinformation and deceptive claims are damaging Joe Biden in the nations biggest swing state.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/14/florida-latinos-disinformation-413923
DIVINEprividence
(443 posts)We need to counter it big time. If only we had an extra hundred million or so to saturate these media markets with our messaging.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/michael-bloomberg-pledges-100-million-to-help-biden-in-florida/
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)Clearly its having impact. I hope Bidens team is on this. Also Im assuming Bloombergs money can help deal with this. Its so frustrating dealing with people who are willing to lie and cheat to win elections.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)At the same time, there has been a rise of Spanish-language conservative media, especially revolving around politics connected to Colombia and Venezuela, that are increasingly showing up in the social media feeds of South Floridas Latin America diaspora communities. Theyre finding common cause with Cuban-Americans, who dominate Spanish-language radio airwaves and have been a bulwark of Republican support in Floridas otherwise Democratic-leaning and diverse Hispanic communities.
But where radio is easy to hear for all, Facebook is harder to track. And the encrypted messaging system it bought, WhatsApp, is even more difficult.
WhatsApp group chats are widely popular among Latin Americans and other immigrant communities in the U.S. because the app doesn't require a U.S. phone number or specific mobile service provider, making it easy to stay in touch with family abroad via text or voice communication. Group chats within the closed network can easily be created with dozens of people anywhere in the world. Plus, iPhones arent as popular in Latin America meaning iMessage chats are not an option for many.
Political campaigns, social-justice movements and support groups have followed along, making WhatsApp a top tool for reaching voters in Latin America and from Latin America.
LonePirate
(13,425 posts)It's obviously Republicans and the QAnon cult.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bloomberg-money-florida-biden/2020/09/12/af51bb50-f511-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html
Bloomberg made the decision to focus his final election spending on Florida last week, after news reports that Trump had considered spending as much as $100 million of his own money in the final weeks of the campaign, Bloombergs advisers said. Presented with several options on how to make good on an earlier promise to help elect Biden, Bloomberg decided that a narrow focus on Florida was the best use of his money.
The presidents campaign has long treated the state, which Trump now calls home, as a top priority, and his advisers remain confident in his chances given strong turnout in 2016 and 2018 that gave Republicans narrow winning margins in statewide contests
andym
(5,444 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 14, 2020, 01:17 PM - Edit history (1)
Wonder if the Russians have caught on as well, and are trying to amplify the anti-Biden conspiracy theories.