Death of Democracy

The Reuters special highlighted the obvious.

New breed of video sites thrives on misinformation and hate

BitChute and Odysee serve up conspiracies, racism and graphic violence to millions of viewers.

Taking advantage of Big Tech disinformation crackdowns and the rise of Trump, the sites reflect a new media universe – one where COVID-19 is fake, Russia fights Nazis in Ukraine, and mass shootings are ‘false flag’ operations.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-media-misinformation/

Surely, it can’t be bad. It is!

Kings of Misinformation and Hate

 InfoWars, AON, Fox and Friends, etc. kings of disinformation? No even close.

“Platforms such as BitChute and Odysee have had a seismic impact on the disinformation landscape,” said Joe Ondrak of Logically, a British firm that works with governments and other organizations to reduce the harm of misinformation. The sites, he said, had become the “first port of call” for conspiracists to publish videos.

BitChute and Odysee both host hundreds of videos inspired by the QAnon conspiracy theory, whose supporters have been arrested for threatening politicians, abducting children and blocking a bridge near Arizona’s Hoover Dam with an armored truck full of guns and ammunition.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-media-misinformation/

Media Bias Chart

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