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🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

As the midterms approach, conspiracy theories about election fraud are shaping some races. On this week’s On the Media, a deep dive into the impact of the Big Lie on local elections, and the people who run them. Plus, how misinformation about the attack on Paul Pelosi spread like wildfire.

1. Angelo Carusone [@GoAngelo], President and CEO of Media Matters, on how conspiracy theories around the attack on Paul Pelosi spread all the way up to Fox News. Listen.

2. OTM Correspondent Micah Loewinger[@MicahLoewinger] traveled to Georgia to speak to activists who are challenging peoples' right to vote, those who've been challenged, and election workers caught in the crosshairs of conspiracy theories about election fraud in Georgia. Listen.

3. OTM correspondent Micah Loewinger [@MicahLoewinger] traveled to Georgia to talk with Anne Dover, a Republican in charge of elections in one of Atlanta's most conservative areas, about how her role has changed since the rise of the Big Lie, and what she's doing to stand up to it. Listen.

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0:00.0	What happened was just a couple of French people just sort of doing what comes to them naturally,
0:06.0	but because that tapped into this infrastructure that has been designed to attack the election
0:11.5	to undermine the results, it took off.
0:14.3	The conspiracy machine has roared to life after the attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband.
0:20.3	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media, I'm Mike Lohinger.
0:25.1	On this week's show in Georgia, there are concerted efforts to purge the voter rolls.
0:30.3	Do these people even exist?
0:32.2	They're just names.
0:33.2	I mean, you can't find them.
0:34.8	Plus, a conservative elections director finds herself in the crosshairs of the big lie.
0:40.7	These people want a revolution, but they want me to break the law to cause their revolution.
0:48.0	If they want a revolution, they can break the law.
0:50.9	That's all coming up after this.
0:57.9	Hello, Mike Lohinger.
1:01.6	Welcome to the top of the show.
1:02.8	Thanks for having me, Brickletstone.
1:05.2	Do you know why we're here?
1:06.4	I do, yes.
1:07.8	I'm here to ask you a bunch of important questions, and I want you to respond honestly.
1:14.4	As I always do.
1:15.4	Okay.
1:16.4	Why are we here?
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