America's gullibility crisis
Briefly

A surge of false or misleading claims during the digital campaign trail showcases the critical issue of misinformation, primarily fueled by major online influencers and unverified sources.
MAGA influencers inaccurately claimed Kamala Harris used a teleprompter during a town hall, which was further exacerbated by X's trending algorithm promoting the false narrative as fact.
Elon Musk has enabled the spread of fake news on X, often asking his followers about dubious claims, inadvertently fueling misinformation that accumulates billions of views.
Both sides of the political spectrum exhibit susceptibility to misinformation—pro-Harris accounts misreported Karl Rove's endorsement while liberal conspiracy theories arose following Trump’s assassination attempt.
Read at Axios
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