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The Washington Post reports:
Gateway Pundit has continued trumpeting disproven election fraud stories, even as it faces defamation suits over its coverage of the 2020 election. It has also taken its own legal action against fact-checkers, disinformation researchers and story subjects, while pressing in court to make it harder for social media companies to crack down on misinformation.
The outlet’s reporting was a favorite of Trump’s as he clung to the presidency more than three years ago, aides said, and it has become a key amplifier of his continued fraud claims as he campaigns to return to the White House.
The site’s founder, Jim Hoft, who started blogging as a hobby in 2004, is among “the best at creating a right-wing echo system,” right-wing podcast host and former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon said in an interview. Bannon said Hoft is often one of the first to pick up a social media post or a local news story that other right-wing personalities then repeat and aggregate.
Read the full article. There’s much more, including that OAN producers use Gateway Pundit stories to drive their own reporting. Gift link. Hoft, as many of you may know, has long been leading Google result for “the dumbest man on the internet” due to the countless times he’s fallen for fake stories. Hit that gift link.
Guns, burner phones, 1000s of fraudulent ballots. It was a sexy story of election fraud – but it was entirely made up.
Worth reading this deep dive into one of Donald Trump’s favorite pushers of conspiracy claims, Gateway Pundit, by @sarahellisonhttps://t.co/UtfJq8jX16— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) January 3, 2024