No matter what happens in the election there is one certainty that has been with us throughout the campaign: there has been an unprecedented amount of disinformation and lies spread right across mainstream and social media. To some extent we have got to a point in our politics where we almost expect the truth to be stretched by our politicians but when, during the first TV debate, the Conservative Party Headquarters rebranded their Twitter account as ‘factcheckUK’ it was clear that the types of action were approaching electoral fraud.
Lies, Damn Lies and the BBC
Lies, Damn Lies and the BBC
Lies, Damn Lies and the BBC
No matter what happens in the election there is one certainty that has been with us throughout the campaign: there has been an unprecedented amount of disinformation and lies spread right across mainstream and social media. To some extent we have got to a point in our politics where we almost expect the truth to be stretched by our politicians but when, during the first TV debate, the Conservative Party Headquarters rebranded their Twitter account as ‘factcheckUK’ it was clear that the types of action were approaching electoral fraud.