The Game-of-Telephone Election

“The demotion of news media’s role in American life has brought on a profound shift in how facts make their way to voters,” Axios reports.

“The scattering and flattening of media has created a labyrinth where information trickles from primary sources to news media to non-journalist media including Youtubers, podcasters, TikTokers and X accounts — and eventually to conversations between family and friends.”

“This chain leaves facts susceptible to being massaged, spun and outright fudged.”