The blizzard of falsehoods reflects a new normal in the age of information chaos, which researchers say is stoking distrust in the mainstream press. — Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
WASHINGTON: "Breaking" news, screamed an online post by a conservative American influencer as he pushed disinformation about Kamala Harris, illustrating how journalism lingo has been co-opted as a tool to amplify election falsehoods.
The misuse of the term, typically deployed by media outlets to relay major news developments, is part of a persistent assault on reality across tech platforms that researchers say have relaxed their guardrails against false information in a crucial election year.
