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. @USATODAY spoke with some of the people who filed sworn affidavits in the Trump campaign lawsuits. Many of the allegations in these suits crumbled under scrutiny. Their beliefs have not. w/ @azrover @npenzenstadler @kmccoynyc @DonovanSlack and @myersnews https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/12/03/trump-lawsuits-challenging-election-michigan-arizona-pennsylvania-georgia/6425725002/
For this story, I was tracking some of the prominent misinformation spreading on social media on Election Day and the week after and spoke with @noUpside and @wiczipedia on how it spread and its effect on people in social media echo chambers. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/12/03/trump-lawsuits-challenging-election-michigan-arizona-pennsylvania-georgia/6425725002/
The notion that the election was "rigged" — and the desire to combat it — did not come out of nowhere @wiczipedia told me. "It was a narrative that was laid very carefully in the months leading up to the election." https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/12/03/trump-lawsuits-challenging-election-michigan-arizona-pennsylvania-georgia/6425725002/
"This is not a thing that only stupid people fall to prey to," @noUpside told me. "People seek out information that confirms their beliefs or more heavily weight the information that confirms their beliefs." https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2020/12/03/trump-lawsuits-challenging-election-michigan-arizona-pennsylvania-georgia/6425725002/
