Fake news and Elections: Its Not the First Time

In the article, “The Russian ‘fake news’ campaign that damaged the United States — in the 1980s” by Alexander Poster from the Washington Post. He talks about a time in the 1980’s that Fake news also affected the election of that year. Poster says, “The Soviets decided that beginning a disinformation campaign about the origins of the disease could sow dissent within the nation and among U.S. allies.” The Disease being AIDs, which was an extreme epidemic at the time. They started with spreading lies about AIDS being a bioweapon, then went on to spread more doubt and distrust.  Read more at https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/03/12/the-russian-fake-news-campaign-that-damaged-the-united-states-in-the-1980s/?utm_term=.43228e817805

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