Study: Bannon’s Podcast Is Top Spreader Of Batshittery

The New York Times reports:

When Stephen K. Bannon, the White House strategist turned podcaster, was explaining the latest Covid-19 developments in 2021, he passed the microphone to a special guest: Clay Clark, an evangelist and anti-vaccine activist.

For nearly 10 minutes, Mr. Clark rattled off one false and misleading statement after another. Covid is “100 percent treatable” with hydroxychloroquine and other drugs. (No.) Covid vaccines are filled with fetal tissue. (False.) Concentration camps are coming. (Nope.) Bill Gates owns a demonic patent for a cryptocurrency that is injected into your body. (Where to begin?)

In a study released on Thursday by the Brookings Institution, Mr. Bannon’s show was crowned the top peddler of false, misleading and unsubstantiated statements among political podcasts. Overall, about 70 percent of the podcasts reviewed had shared at least one false or misleading claim.

Read the full article. Charlie Kirk’s podcast ranked second.

Steve Bannon’s podcast was identified as the top peddler of false, misleading and unsubstantiated statements among political podcasts in a new study released by the Brookings Institution.https://t.co/3ruaMkcDq7

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 9, 2023