Politics with Amy Walter: The Role of Political Disinformation in the Race for the White House

Since May, protests have unfolded to denounce the way police interact with Black Americans. Most recently, the shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed father, has grabbed national headlines. Blake was shot in the back seven times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The violent event has resulted in many taking to the street and demanding answers to why this keeps happening. 

Maya King,political reporting fellow at POLITICO, andKatie Glueck, national politics reporter for The New York Times unpack how questions surrounding the role of law enforcement could alter November’s election.

NextGen America is a political group that engages young voters to support progressive causes and candidates. Before the start of the pandemic, they interacted with students in-person on college campuses through voter registration drives and casual conversations about voting.Jared DeLoof, State Director NextGen America explains how they’ve adapted to the new reality.

The idea that disinformation and conspiracy theories thrive on the internet is widely known and has been part of the mainstream conversation since the election of Donald Trump in 2016. Despite attempts to remove bad actors and regulate social media networks, conspiracy theories are still making their way to the forefront of our politics in 2020. 

Ben Collins,covers disinformation, extremism, and the internet for NBC, and Cindy Otis, vice president of analysis at the Alethea Group and author of “True or False:A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Spotting Fake News” describe the methodology behind these nefarious actors and why they’re committed to their cause.