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Truth on the ballot: Fraudulent news, the midterm elections, and prospects for 2020 (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 16, 2019

The Truth on the Ballot report offers a stark warning about the normalization of fraudulent news and disinformation as campaign tactics, sounding an alarm that such unsavory methods are becoming part of the toolbox of hotly contested modern campaigns.
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