NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with two scholars — Arie Perliger and Nina Jankowicz — about how Trump’s questioning of mail-in voting and misinformation surrounding his health may affect the election.
President Trump’s testing positive for the novel coronavirus has inserted even more drama into what was already a tense run-up to the November vote. But another factor adding to the tension are the attacks we’re hearing casting doubt on the integrity of the election – attacks that are even coming from the president himself. And we wanted to ask what effect these kinds of statements can have, so we’ve caught Nina Jankowicz. She is a fellow at the Wilson Center whose research focuses on disinformation, and Arie Perliger, who’s director of the graduate program in security studies at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
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Source: Disinformation Around Trump’s Health ‘Very Concerning’ Ahead Of Election : NPR