{"id":16796,"date":"2022-05-20T22:46:34","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T03:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=16796"},"modified":"2022-05-20T22:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T03:53:24","slug":"birtherism-to-the-big-lie-inside-obamas-fight-to-counter-disinformation-article-excerpt-from-lee-baileys-eurweb-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/birtherism-to-the-big-lie-inside-obamas-fight-to-counter-disinformation-article-excerpt-from-lee-baileys-eurweb-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Birtherism to the Big Lie \u2013 Inside Obama\u2019s Fight to Counter Disinformation (Article excerpt from Lee Bailey’s eurweb.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Birtherism’ to the ‘Big Lie’ \u2013 Inside Obama\u2019s Fight to Counter Disinformation<\/strong>
\neurweb.com
\nDan Merica and Donie O’Sullivan
\nMay 20, 2022<\/p>\n

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Former President Barack Obama is urgently throwing himself into the fight against disinformation, taking a years long private fascination into the open as he makes addressing the issue a key pillar of his post-presidency.<\/p>\n

More than a decade after the false and infamous \u201cbirther\u201d conspiracy theory was promulgated by his political opponents, including by the then-private citizen Donald Trump, Obama is hoping his personal experience with disinformation and his knowledge of its ramifications can help determine the best way to regulate social media platforms that promulgate disinformation and find ways to address what he calls the \u201cdemand for crazy on the internet\u201d that has filled a void as local news outlets have diminished.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Read entire article at:<\/strong> eurweb.com\/2022\/05\/20\/birtherism-to-the-big-lie-inside-obamas-fight-to-counter-disinformation<\/a><\/p>\n

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