Can Senate Republicans survive Trump?

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🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Senate seats in danger of flipping parties this election. Facebook and Twitters attempt to tackle disinformation ahead of the election. And a Black man speaks out after his image was used for fake pro-Trump Twitter accounts.

Will the Senate flip parties? Reporter Paul Kane explains the Republican seats to watch this election, and the tightrope that senators who are close to the president have to walk to stay in office.

Social media companies like Twitter and Facebook are struggling to keep up with the onslaught of disinformation on their sites. Silicon Valley correspondent Elizabeth Dwoskin reports on the latest policies intended to mitigate the spread of conspiracy theories and fake news ahead of the election.

On Twitter, the sudden appearance and disappearance of fake Black pro-Trump accounts are a stunning example of how far false messages can spread before companies step in and block them.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:04.6	Hey, it's Ross Helderman from the Post.
0:07.6	How are you?
0:08.6	He there.
0:09.6	It's Simon from the Post.
0:10.6	Hey, it's Dave Farron from the Post.
0:12.6	Have you got a second?
0:13.6	This is Post Reports.
0:14.9	I'm Martin Powers.
0:18.8	It's Tuesday, October 20th.
0:23.4	Today the Trump paradox for endangered
0:26.2	Senate Republicans and how social media companies
0:29.8	are struggling to crack down on misinformation.
0:35.6	So Paul, tell me who you are and what you do.
0:38.2	I'm Paul Kane.
0:39.3	I'm the senior congressional correspondent
0:41.6	for the Washington Post.
0:43.3	That means that I'm the guy who's been around
0:45.4	longest.
0:46.1	I just keep covering Congress year after year after year.
0:49.1	I'm the definition of insanity, I guess.
0:51.6	I keep doing the same thing hoping
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