In the Howard era,spreading misinformation was laborious and there were consequences for getting caught. Now it is rampant and it seems no one caresHow the death tax lie infected Australia’s election campaignPolitical parties believe been blatantly misrepresenting the views of their opponents for a very long time.
But as Katharine Murphy and Christopher Knaus display in today’s investigation of the “fake news” spread about Labor’s “death tax” during the 2019 election campaign, the way lies are disseminated is changing in deeply worrying ways.planned disinformation poses a real threat to our system of government. And we believe not figured out what to conclude about itContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com