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Fighting disinformation: Can You Believe It?

Can You Believe It? is an initiative dedicated to uncovering how disinformation reaches consumers and providing tools to help our audience fight its spread. Are you seeing disinformation in your social media feeds? Share with us by emailing tell@mpr.org.

Facts don't support GOP Chair Carnahan's election claims

Facts don't support GOP Chair Carnahan's election claims

The chair of the Minnesota Republican Party said this week that presidential election results in some of the state’s counties showed “extreme abnormalities.” A check of the vote totals shows the facts don’t back up her claims. 
by David H. Montgomery

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COVID-19 denial still rampant in some virus hotspots

COVID-19 denial still rampant in some virus hotspots

Efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus are being hampered by the fact that many people don't believe it's real. "It's absolute garbage," said Craig Mann of Flathead County in northwest Montana.
by Nathan Rott

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AP Fact Check: Trump's errant assault on election integrity

AP Fact Check: Trump's errant assault on election integrity

The most direct attempt to undermine the integrity of the U.S. election with bad information came not from overseas sources or online liars but from a president standing behind the presidential seal at the White House and facing defeat.
by The Associated Press

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High voter turnout a sign of fraud? Not really

High voter turnout a sign of fraud? Not really

Some charges circulating on social media say high voter turnout in specific areas of Minnesota is evidence of election fraud favoring Joe Biden. Actually, the turnout numbers are not unusual, and there were similar high turnouts in places where President Donald Trump won a big share of the vote.
by David H. Montgomery

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Fact check: Trump fabricates election corruption

Fact check: Trump fabricates election corruption

President Donald Trump has produced no evidence of systemic problems in voting or counting. In fact, the ballot-counting process across the country has been running smoothly for the most part, even with the U.S. in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic.
by The Associated Press

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Claim that Sharpie pens ruin Arizona ballots misses the mark

Claim that Sharpie pens ruin Arizona ballots misses the mark

As states across the U.S. release vote totals for the presidential election, some social media users are falsely claiming that ballots are being invalidated in Arizona. The supposed culprit: Sharpie markers.
by The Associated Press

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Video of Minnesota event altered to make it look like Biden greeted wrong state

Video of Minnesota event altered to make it look like Biden greeted wrong state

It's an awkward moment when a candidate greets a crowd and names the wrong state. Fortunately for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, that didn’t happen to him this week, despite a widely shared video that appears to show him saying “Hello, Minnesota” to a crowd in Florida.
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